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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 24
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 44
  6. 48
  7. 35

Jackpot£9,152,637

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 864 of 1,189 under them

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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 feed10 24 28 30 44 48 + 3529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd1th
  • low77th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

1087times
2481times
2883times
3079times
44

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 9.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£7.3Mto 946k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball27%£2M
  • Match 340%£2.9M
  • Match 223%£1.7M
  • 2 other tiers10%£728.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.21 by chance

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81times
4873times

Every number was expected about that many times after 863 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 (10, 28, 48) with the draw of 13 December 2023 — its closest relative in 863 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2024): 44, 48 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

184

The numbers add up to 184 — the 53th 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

10 had not appeared for 10 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 →
£9,152,637
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 1.2 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 575≈ 65 by chance£1,750
  • Match 44,267≈ 4.3k by chance£140
  • Match 396,762≈ 97k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2844,936≈ 914k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 844,936 winners, 8% fewer than the 914k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2844,936£2.00
    Match 396,762£30.00
    Match 44,267£140
    Match 575£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£1,000,000
    Match 60£9,152,637