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UK Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 May 2025

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 26
  5. 38
  6. 40
  7. 4

Jackpot£3,800,000

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 1,005 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 feed9 12 13 26 38 40 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap17th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

992times
12101times
13107times
2696times
38

Prize breakdown · 2025-05-24

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£14.9Mto 1.2M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.27

Where the money went

  • Match 626%£3.8M
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball27%£4M
  • Match 326%£3.9M
  • 3 other tiers22%£3.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.27 by chance

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107times
4096times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,004 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 (9, 26, 38, 40) with the draw of 27 July 2016 — its closest relative in 1,004 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 37% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 26 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 71% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£3,800,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball4≈ 1.6 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 588≈ 85 by chance£1,750
  • Match 46,025≈ 5.6k by chance£140
  • Match 3128,467≈ 128k by chance£30.00
  • Match 21,109,968≈ 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 — 1,109,968 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 21,109,968£2.00
    Match 3128,467£30.00
    Match 46,025£140
    Match 588£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball4£1,000,000
    Match 61£3,800,000