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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
UK Lotto · draw · round 1
round 1UK Lotto
Jackpot£2,000,000
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 2015
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 16 Sept 2026, 21:35 UTC.
Where the money went
The rings take the ≈9.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 3,091 winners, 27% fewer than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 2 | 828,234 | £1.00 |
| Match 3 | 80,540 | £10.00 |
| Match 4 | 3,091 | £50.00 |
| Match 5 | 40 | £1,000 |
| Match 5 plus Bonus Ball | 3 | £0.00 |
| Match 6 | 0 | £2,000,000 |