UK Lotto in numbers: facts for the press
Up-to-date, quotable UK Lotto key figures, calculated automatically from the official draw results, as of 21/10/2026. You may reuse the texts and the chart freely with the credit “Source: Lottochaos.com” and a link to this page.
1 : 45.057.474
The odds of winning the UK Lotto jackpot are 1 in 45.057.474 per line.
433.245 years of waiting
Playing one line in every draw (104 draws a year), it would take on average about 433.245 years to hit the jackpot once.
1 : 9,2
In UK Lotto, roughly one line in 9,2 wins a prize of any kind (odds 1 in 9,2).
3.217 draws
Since the first draw on 19/11/1994, UK Lotto has held 3.217 draws.
42 137×
The most drawn UK Lotto number is 42: 137 times in 1.152 draws since 10/10/2015 (expected by pure chance: 117,2).
21 97×
The least drawn is 21: 97 times in 1.152 draws since 10/10/2015 (expected: 117,2).
53 draws absent
Number 1 has not been drawn for 53 draws (last on 18/04/2026). That does not make it “due”: every number has the same chance in every draw.
111 draws absent
Longest absence of a number since 10/10/2015: 21 missed 111 draws in a row (01/09/2018 to 28/09/2019).
2 + 54 23×
The most frequent pair is 2 and 54: drawn together 23 times (expected: 10,1).
38 29×
Bonus ball: 38 is the most frequent (29 times since 10/10/2015).
0
No UK Lotto winning combination has ever been drawn twice (3.217 draws).
Chart: how often has each number been drawn?
The dashed line shows the value expected by pure chance. Deviations of this size are normal in genuinely random draws.
Method and sources
Figures are based on the official draw results and prize breakdowns of the operators and are recalculated automatically after every draw. Frequencies refer to the current 6/59 format (statistics since 10/10/2015). Lottochaos is an independent statistics site with no gambling offer; past draws do not allow any prediction.
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