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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 12
  3. 21
  4. 24
  5. 41
  6. 45
  7. 20

Jackpot£5,216,859

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 1,000 of 1,189 under them

← 2025-05-03All recent draws2025-05-10 →

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 feed3 12 21 24 41 45 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

3104times
12100times
2187times
2493times
41

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-07

  • Lines in play≈ 8.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£5.7Mto 811k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball18%£1M
  • Match 345%£2.6M
  • Match 225%£1.4M
  • 2 other tiers12%£662.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.18 by chance

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110times
45103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 999 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 (3, 24, 41) with the draw of 8 June 2024 — its closest relative in 999 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 May 2025): 41 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 20th 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

21 had not appeared for 45 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 66% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,216,859
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.1 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 557≈ 55 by chance£1,750
  • Match 44,022≈ 3.7k by chance£140
  • Match 385,374≈ 83k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2721,351≈ 780k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 4,022 winners, 10% more than the 3.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2721,351£2.00
    Match 385,374£30.00
    Match 44,022£140
    Match 557£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 60£5,216,859