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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 20
  5. 34
  6. 48
  7. 38

Jackpot£5,022,531

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2015draw 838 of 1,189 under them

← 2023-10-14All recent draws2023-10-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 7 8 20 34 48 + 3829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 October 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

673times
781times
895times
2093times
34

Prize breakdown · 2023-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 8.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£4.5Mto 806k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 411%£504K
  • Match 355%£2.4M
  • Match 232%£1.4M
  • 1 other tier1.9%£85.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.18 by chance

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91times
4869times

Every number was expected about that many times after 837 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (8, 20, 48) with the draw of 27 October 2021 — its closest relative in 837 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 October 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7, 7–8. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 29 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 58% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,022,531
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 1.1 by chanceno winners
  • Match 549≈ 55 by chance£1,750
  • Match 43,600≈ 3.7k by chance£140
  • Match 381,210≈ 83k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2721,532≈ 780k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 721,532 winners, 8% fewer than the 780k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2721,532£2.00
    Match 381,210£30.00
    Match 43,600£140
    Match 549£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£5,022,531