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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 20
  4. 33
  5. 45
  6. 50
  7. 12

Jackpot£9,056,239

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 1,070 of 1,189 under them

← 2026-01-03All recent draws2026-01-10 →

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 9 20 33 45 50 + 1212 Sept 2026, 21:10 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap17th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 109 of each

3111times
9109times
20119times
33110times
45

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-07

  • Lines in play≈ 8.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£5.5Mto 816k 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 344%£2.4M
  • Match 227%£1.5M
  • 2 other tiers11%£615.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.18 by chance

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111times
50102times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,069 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 (3, 33, 45, 50) with the draw of 7 November 2020 — its closest relative in 1,069 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 39% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2026): 20 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 31th 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

33 had not appeared for 20 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 70% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£9,056,239
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.1 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 566≈ 56 by chance£1,750
  • Match 43,571≈ 3.7k by chance£140
  • Match 380,629≈ 84k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2732,092≈ 792k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 732,092 winners, 8% fewer than the 792k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2732,092£2.00
    Match 380,629£30.00
    Match 43,571£140
    Match 566£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 60£9,056,239