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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 34
  4. 38
  5. 43
  6. 52
  7. 36

Jackpot£12,644,545

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 896 of 1,189 under them

← 2024-05-04All recent draws2024-05-11 →

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 feed4 13 34 38 43 52 + 3629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread67th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

492times
1392times
3498times
3892times
43

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-08

  • Lines in play≈ 9.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£14.3Mto 968k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball8.7%£1.2M
  • Match 368%£9.7M
  • Match 212%£1.7M
  • 2 other tiers11%£1.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.22 by chance

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81times
52109times

Every number was expected about that many times after 895 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 (13, 43, 52) with the draw of 25 June 2022 — its closest relative in 895 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2024): nothing 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

4 had not appeared for 21 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 87% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£12,644,545
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.3 by chance£1,248,208
  • Match 558≈ 67 by chance£8,882
  • Match 43,681≈ 4.4k by chance£297
  • Match 389,746≈ 101k by chance£108
  • Match 2874,189≈ 946k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 3,681 winners, 17% fewer than the 4.4k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2874,189£2.00
    Match 389,746£108
    Match 43,681£297
    Match 558£8,882
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,248,208
    Match 60£12,644,545