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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 3 January 2024

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 19
  4. 27
  5. 38
  6. 59
  7. 55

Jackpot£2,000,000

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 860 of 1,189 under them

← 2023-12-30All recent draws2024-01-06 →

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 feed1 5 19 27 38 59 + 5529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread100th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

179times
581times
1984times
2796times
38

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 8.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£4.5Mto 803k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 411%£502.9K
  • Match 355%£2.4M
  • Match 232%£1.4M
  • 1 other tier2.1%£92.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.18 by chance

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88times
5990times

Every number was expected about that many times after 859 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (1, 19, 27) with the draw of 11 March 2023 — its closest relative in 859 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 16 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 68% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£2,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 1.1 by chanceno winners
  • Match 553≈ 55 by chance£1,750
  • Match 43,592≈ 3.7k by chance£140
  • Match 381,492≈ 83k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2717,949≈ 777k 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 — 717,949 winners, 8% fewer than the 777k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2717,949£2.00
    Match 381,492£30.00
    Match 43,592£140
    Match 553£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£2,000,000