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UK Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

ResultUK Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 31
  6. 39
  7. 45

Jackpot£5,316,218

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 510 of 1,193 under them

← 2020-08-22All recent draws2020-08-29 →

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 feed4 8 24 27 31 39 + 4529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 52 of each

452times
864times
2441times
2754times
31

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£4.9Mto 105k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 97lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball20%£1M
  • Match 415%£723.2K
  • Match 362%£3M
  • 1 other tier3.2%£157.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.23 by chance

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55times
3953times

Every number was expected about that many times after 509 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 (8, 27, 31) with the draw of 12 August 2020 — its closest relative in 509 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2020): 24 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 12th 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

39 had not appeared for 8 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 56% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£5,316,218
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 1.4 by chance£1,000,000
  • Match 590≈ 71 by chance£1,750
  • Match 45,166≈ 4.7k by chance£140
  • Match 3100,170≈ 106k by chance£30.00
  • Match 20≈ 995k by chance£2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 0 winners, 100% fewer than the 995k 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.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 20£2.00
    Match 3100,170£30.00
    Match 45,166£140
    Match 590£1,750
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£1,000,000
    Match 60£5,316,218