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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 12
  4. 20
  5. 47
  6. 57
  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 970 of 1,189 under them

← 2025-01-18All recent draws2025-01-25 →

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 5 12 20 47 57 + 4329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

292times
589times
1297times
20108times
47

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-22

  • Lines in play≈ 7.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£5.1Mto 741k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball20%£1M
  • Match 344%£2.2M
  • Match 226%£1.3M
  • 2 other tiers10%£534.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.16 by chance

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98times
5797times

Every number was expected about that many times after 969 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, 12, 20, 57) with the draw of 21 April 2018 — its closest relative in 969 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 36% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2025): 2 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

5 had not appeared for 32 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£2,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.98 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 544≈ 51 by chance£1,750
  • Match 43,269≈ 3.4k by chance£140
  • Match 374,969≈ 76k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2662,431≈ 717k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 662,431 winners, 8% fewer than the 717k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2662,431£2.00
    Match 374,969£30.00
    Match 43,269£140
    Match 544£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 60£2,000,000