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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 11
  3. 29
  4. 41
  5. 42
  6. 48
  7. 43

Jackpot£2,000,000

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 942 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 11 29 41 42 48 + 4329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 October 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

76oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 76 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

986times
11104times
2999times
41101times
42

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-16

  • Lines in play≈ 7.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£6.1Mto 750k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.17

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball33%£2M
  • Match 336%£2.2M
  • Match 222%£1.3M
  • 2 other tiers8.7%£529.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.17 by chance

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107times
4885times

Every number was expected about that many times after 941 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 (9, 41, 48) with the draw of 22 May 2021 — its closest relative in 941 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 October 2024): 11, 41 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 50th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 16 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£2,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2≈ 1.00 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 555≈ 52 by chance£1,750
  • Match 43,092≈ 3.4k by chance£140
  • Match 373,412≈ 78k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2673,680≈ 729k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 3,092 winners, 10% fewer than the 3.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2673,680£2.00
    Match 373,412£30.00
    Match 43,092£140
    Match 555£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball2£1,000,000
    Match 60£2,000,000