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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 January 2025

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 13
  3. 24
  4. 29
  5. 32
  6. 39
  7. 46

Jackpot£4,004,523

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 969 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 feed2 13 24 29 32 39 + 4629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread25th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

291times
13103times
2490times
29102times
32

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£10.7Mto 1.2M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 637%£4M
  • Match 334%£3.6M
  • Match 220%£2.2M
  • 2 other tiers8.5%£908.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.27 by chance

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94times
39115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 968 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 4 of 6 numbers (2, 13, 32, 39) with the draw of 10 February 2016 — its closest relative in 968 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 36% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 15th 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

13 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 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 77% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£4,004,523
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 1.6 by chanceno winners
  • Match 585≈ 83 by chance£1,750
  • Match 45,428≈ 5.5k by chance£140
  • Match 3120,508≈ 125k by chance£30.00
  • Match 21,083,493≈ 1.2M 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 2 — 1,083,493 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.2M an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 21,083,493£2.00
    Match 3120,508£30.00
    Match 45,428£140
    Match 585£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£0.00
    Match 61£4,004,523