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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 3 August 2024

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 19
  3. 20
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 45
  7. 7

Jackpot£15,000,000

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 921 of 1,189 under them

← 2024-07-31All recent draws2024-08-07 →

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 feed6 19 20 26 28 45 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 94 of each

680times
1993times
20101times
2689times
28

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-03

  • Lines in play≈ 18Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£18.1Mto 1.8M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.39

Where the money went

  • Match 49.4%£1.7M
  • Match 363%£11.5M
  • Match 218%£3.2M
  • 2 other tiers10%£1.8M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.39 by chance

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89times
4598times

Every number was expected about that many times after 920 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 (6, 28, 45) with the draw of 21 September 2022 — its closest relative in 920 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 July 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 34 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£15,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 2.3 by chance£1,211,569
  • Match 5112≈ 122 by chance£4,898
  • Match 48,691≈ 8.1k by chance£196
  • Match 3185,371≈ 183k by chance£62.00
  • Match 21,589,537≈ 1.7M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈18M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,589,537 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.7M an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 21,589,537£2.00
    Match 3185,371£62.00
    Match 48,691£196
    Match 5112£4,898
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,211,569
    Match 60£15,000,000