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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 May 2025

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 24
  3. 34
  4. 35
  5. 47
  6. 51
  7. 26

Jackpot£11,343,776

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 1,003 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 feed18 24 34 35 47 51 + 2629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

1891times
2494times
34111times
35100times
47

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 13Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£13.1Mto 1.3M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.29

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball8.9%£1.2M
  • Match 362%£8.1M
  • Match 218%£2.3M
  • 2 other tiers11%£1.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.29 by chance

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101times
5196times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,002 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 (35, 47, 51) with the draw of 25 December 2024 — its closest relative in 1,002 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2025): 34 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

209

The numbers add up to 209 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

51 had not appeared for 24 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 85% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£11,343,776
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.7 by chance£1,165,535
  • Match 559≈ 90 by chance£6,426
  • Match 44,826≈ 5.9k by chance£220
  • Match 3116,035≈ 134k by chance£70.00
  • Match 21,165,187≈ 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 4 — 4,826 winners, 19% fewer than the 5.9k 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 21,165,187£2.00
    Match 3116,035£70.00
    Match 44,826£220
    Match 559£6,426
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,165,535
    Match 60£11,343,776