UK Lotto Wednesday draws: statistics & most drawn numbers

Only the 575 Wednesday draws since 14.10.2015: frequency, hot, cold and overdue numbers, sums and pairs. Do the draw days really differ? Our randomness test checks it (draw-day test: p = 0.92) – result: no difference beyond chance.

575 draws · 14.10.2015 – 14.10.2026 · Pro Statistics → Number frequency → Hot & Cold →

All draw days Wednesday Saturday

Number frequency

How often has each number from 1 to 59 been drawn since 10 October 2015 (current format 6 from 59)?

Expected: 58.5 / Number

1 56

2 53

3 68

4 67

5 61

6 44

7 62

8 64

9 56

10 55

11 63

12 57

13 52

14 52

15 56

16 57

17 52

18 51

19 53

20 73

21 50

22 60

23 52

24 48

25 54

26 48

27 75

28 59

29 59

30 52

31 63

32 44

33 58

34 61

35 62

36 63

37 67

38 66

39 68

40 54

41 58

42 70

43 51

44 47

45 64

46 53

47 58

48 55

49 59

50 61

51 59

52 63

53 64

54 67

55 52

56 57

57 67

58 68

59 62

Expected: 10.2 / Number

1 7

2 11

3 10

4 8

5 12

6 7

7 12

8 9

9 14

10 5

11 7

12 12

13 6

14 8

15 12

16 11

17 8

18 14

19 6

20 13

21 7

22 9

23 5

24 10

25 7

26 7

27 12

28 10

29 7

30 8

31 16

32 6

33 14

34 11

35 18

36 13

37 9

38 15

39 13

40 11

41 7

42 15

43 13

44 5

45 9

46 9

47 15

48 7

49 9

50 9

51 13

52 8

53 6

54 16

55 13

56 12

57 14

58 10

59 10

Expected: 5.1 / Number

1 2

2 5

3 5

4 5

5 5

6 3

7 5

8 4

9 5

10 3

11 4

12 6

13 4

14 4

15 5

16 5

17 4

18 6

19 3

20 9

21 2

22 7

23 3

24 4

25 4

26 3

27 5

28 4

29 5

30 2

31 6

32 3

33 7

34 4

35 9

36 6

37 3

38 6

39 7

40 7

41 2

42 6

43 8

44 2

45 6

46 7

47 8

48 2

49 5

50 7

51 8

52 4

53 4

54 10

55 5

56 8

57 9

58 4

59 6

Hot & Cold

Tier	Number	Count	Share
1	27	75	2.2 %
2	20	73	2.1 %
3	42	70	2.0 %
4	3	68	2.0 %
5	39	68	2.0 %
6	58	68	2.0 %
7	4	67	1.9 %
8	37	67	1.9 %
9	54	67	1.9 %
10	57	67	1.9 %

Least drawn numbers

Tier	Number	Count	Share
1	6	44	1.3 %
2	32	44	1.3 %
3	44	47	1.4 %
4	24	48	1.4 %
5	26	48	1.4 %
6	21	50	1.4 %
7	18	51	1.5 %
8	43	51	1.5 %
9	13	52	1.5 %
10	14	52	1.5 %

Overdue numbers

Numbers that have gone longest without being drawn (number of draws since they last appeared).

Number	draws	Last drawn
48	42	24.12.2025
1	34	18.02.2026
19	29	25.03.2026
34	27	08.04.2026
49	25	22.04.2026
15	22	13.05.2026
9	21	20.05.2026
2	18	10.06.2026
41	17	17.06.2026
12	16	24.06.2026
30	14	08.07.2026
5	12	22.07.2026
43	12	22.07.2026
56	12	22.07.2026
58	12	22.07.2026

Frequency: Bonus ball (1–59)

The Bonus ball is drawn after the winning numbers from the remaining balls; it counts if it is among your own numbers. 575 draws, Expected: 9.7.

1 9

2 8

3 3

4 11

5 18

6 8

7 10

8 13

9 11

10 8

11 5

12 16

13 10

14 14

15 5

16 14

17 12

18 7

19 4

20 9

21 10

22 6

23 8

24 7

25 7

26 6

27 7

28 14

29 10

30 15

31 7

32 10

33 7

34 5

35 6

36 13

37 13

38 15

39 11

40 12

41 9

42 11

43 10

44 11

45 18

46 9

47 4

48 14

49 6

50 14

51 9

52 9

53 8

54 14

55 13

56 5

57 9

58 11

59 7

Sum of the six numbers

Distribution of the sum of the six winning numbers (theoretically 21 to 339, mean 180). Observed: Ø 182.3, min 38, max 305.

21–12034 (5.9 %)

121–14055 (9.6 %)

141–16077 (13.4 %)

161–180103 (17.9 %)

181–200110 (19.1 %)

201–220108 (18.8 %)

221–24039 (6.8 %)

241–33949 (8.5 %)

Even / odd

How many even numbers does a draw contain?

0 even / 6 odd2.4 % (Expected 1.3 %)

1 even / 5 odd7.7 % (Expected 9.2 %)

2 even / 4 odd28.2 % (Expected 24.7 %)

3 even / 3 odd30.1 % (Expected 32.9 %)

4 even / 2 odd23.5 % (Expected 22.9 %)

5 even / 1 odd7.0 % (Expected 7.9 %)

6 even / 0 odd1.2 % (Expected 1.1 %)

Most frequent pairs

Pairs of numbers that have been drawn together most often in the same draw. Expected: 5.0.

Pair	Count
4 38	13
27 29	13
42 58	13
8 50	12
21 56	12
24 39	12
37 42	12
1 9	11
2 54	11
3 38	11
3 41	11
4 26	11
7 37	11
10 29	11
16 47	11

Distribution by decade

1–10586 (17.0 %)

11–20566 (16.4 %)

21–30557 (16.1 %)

31–40606 (17.6 %)

41–50576 (16.7 %)

51–59559 (16.2 %)

Consecutive numbers

Share of draws containing at least two consecutive numbers (e.g. 23 and 24).

43.3 % with consecutive numbers (249), 326 without consecutive numbers · Expected: 42.7 %