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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 20
  3. 28
  4. 39
  5. 52
  6. 58
  7. 38

Jackpot£5,298,353

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 960 of 1,189 under them

← 2024-12-14All recent draws2024-12-21 →

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 feed18 20 28 39 52 58 + 3829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap17th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread35th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

1886times
20106times
2891times
39114times
52

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 6.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£3.2Mto 628k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 410%£318.1K
  • Match 352%£1.7M
  • Match 236%£1.1M
  • 1 other tier1.8%£56.0K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.14 by chance

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116times
58113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 959 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 (18, 20, 58) with the draw of 27 January 2024 — its closest relative in 959 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

215

The numbers add up to 215 — the 80th 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

18 had not appeared for 23 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 79% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,298,353
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.84 by chanceno winners
  • Match 532≈ 44 by chance£1,750
  • Match 42,272≈ 2.9k by chance£140
  • Match 355,524≈ 66k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2570,090≈ 617k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 2,272 winners, 22% fewer than the 2.9k 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 2570,090£2.00
    Match 355,524£30.00
    Match 42,272£140
    Match 532£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 60£5,298,353