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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 4 January 2025

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 19
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 27
  6. 35
  7. 28

Jackpot£7,533,329

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 965 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 feed16 19 22 24 27 35 + 2829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

1697times
1999times
2297times
2488times
27

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£16.3Mto 1.4M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.30

Where the money went

  • Match 646%£7.5M
  • Match 326%£4.2M
  • Match 215%£2.4M
  • 3 other tiers13%£2.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.30 by chance

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109times
3596times

Every number was expected about that many times after 964 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 (19, 22, 24) with the draw of 30 November 2024 — its closest relative in 964 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2025): 35 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 18th 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

27 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 64% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£7,533,329
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.8 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 5100≈ 93 by chance£1,750
  • Match 46,445≈ 6.2k by chance£140
  • Match 3141,069≈ 140k by chance£30.00
  • Match 21,211,698≈ 1.3M by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈13M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,211,698 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.3M an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 21,211,698£2.00
    Match 3141,069£30.00
    Match 46,445£140
    Match 5100£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 61£7,533,329