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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 24
  3. 28
  4. 46
  5. 49
  6. 56
  7. 19

Jackpot£5,065,547

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 1,074 of 1,189 under them

← 2026-01-17All recent draws2026-01-24 →

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 feed5 24 28 46 49 56 + 1919 Sept 2026, 22:00 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 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 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 109 of each

5102times
24101times
28103times
46107times
49

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 6.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£11.4Mto 666k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 644%£5.1M
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball26%£3M
  • Match 316%£1.8M
  • 3 other tiers14%£1.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.15 by chance

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107times
56104times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,073 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 (5, 28, 49) with the draw of 1 March 2023 — its closest relative in 1,073 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

208

The numbers add up to 208 — the 75th 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

28 had not appeared for 25 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 78% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,065,547
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3≈ 0.89 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 524≈ 46 by chance£1,750
  • Match 42,380≈ 3.1k by chance£140
  • Match 359,128≈ 70k by chance£30.00
  • Match 2604,112≈ 653k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 2,380 winners, 23% fewer than the 3.1k 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 2604,112£2.00
    Match 359,128£30.00
    Match 42,380£140
    Match 524£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball3£1,000,000
    Match 61£5,065,547