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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 January 2024

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 14
  3. 20
  4. 29
  5. 38
  6. 49
  7. 42

Jackpot£11,972,432

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 865 of 1,189 under them

← 2024-01-17All recent draws2024-01-24 →

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 feed7 14 20 29 38 49 + 4229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

784times
1488times
2096times
2987times
38

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 17Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£17Mto 1.7M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.38

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball18%£3.1M
  • Match 352%£8.8M
  • Match 218%£3.1M
  • 2 other tiers12%£2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.38 by chance

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90times
4989times

Every number was expected about that many times after 864 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 4 of 6 numbers (14, 20, 29, 38) with the draw of 15 June 2016 — its closest relative in 864 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 33% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 28th 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

20 had not appeared for 22 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£11,972,432
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 2.3 by chance£1,042,922
  • Match 5147≈ 118 by chance£3,209
  • Match 48,563≈ 7.8k by chance£175
  • Match 3175,831≈ 177k by chance£50.00
  • Match 21,536,046≈ 1.7M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈17M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 8,563 winners, 10% more than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 21,536,046£2.00
    Match 3175,831£50.00
    Match 48,563£175
    Match 5147£3,209
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£1,042,922
    Match 60£11,972,432