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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2024

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 13
  3. 22
  4. 45
  5. 46
  6. 48
  7. 29

Jackpot£3,967,428

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 899 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 feed9 13 22 45 46 48 + 2929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

75oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 75 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

979times
1394times
2290times
4595times
46

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£10.2Mto 1.2M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.26

Where the money went

  • Match 639%£4M
  • Match 333%£3.4M
  • Match 220%£2.1M
  • 2 other tiers7.5%£759.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.26 by chance

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97times
4879times

Every number was expected about that many times after 898 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 (22, 46, 48) with the draw of 13 January 2024 — its closest relative in 898 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

183

The numbers add up to 183 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 45–46. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

46 had not appeared for 13 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 81% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£3,967,428
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 1.5 by chanceno winners
  • Match 551≈ 80 by chance£1,750
  • Match 44,789≈ 5.3k by chance£140
  • Match 3112,528≈ 120k by chance£30.00
  • Match 21,037,098≈ 1.1M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈12M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 4,789 winners, 9% fewer than the 5.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 21,037,098£2.00
    Match 3112,528£30.00
    Match 44,789£140
    Match 551£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 61£3,967,428