UK National Lottery #233

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Winning numbers drawn at 8.58pm GMT on Wednesday 18th March 1998:

The table below is courtesy of Camelot's phone line (0845 9100 000 *10).

Category      Prize       Winners       Total        Percentages
Jackpot     £4,627,218           1    £4,627,218      34.7%
5+bonus       £109,519          13    £1,423,747      10.7%
5 match         £1,698         524      £889,752       6.7%
4 match            £78      24,840    £1,937,520      14.6%
3 match            £10     443,905    £4,439,050      33.3%
Totals                     469,283   £13,317,287     100.0%

Category                  Change       Figure
Ticket sales             0.3% fall   £29,638,993   

The next table displays the draw order, revised frequencies and the last prior appearance of each of the 7 balls.

                    Updated Frequencies       Since Last Appeared
Drawn   Order      Main    Bonus   Total    Main    Bonus    Either
1st       47        30       9       39      14       24       14 
2nd       25        38       7       45       7       48        7 
3rd       39        20       1       21       3      120        3 
4th       31        35       6       41       5       40        5 
5th       46        26       7       33      10       27       10 
6th       12        30       3       33      14        4        4 
Bonus     01        27       4       31       5      137        5 
Total    201       206      37      243      58      400       48
Avg.      28.7      29.4     5.3     34.7     8.3     57.1      6.9

Comments:

• The draw used ball set 6 in the Lancelot machine and the average main Lotto prize was £28.38. One in every 63.2 main Lotto tickets won a prize (=1.58% of players).
• If all 13,983,816 ticket combinations were additionally purchased for the main Lotto game, they would have made a loss of £8,822,569.
• The prior history of the main Lotto jackpot ticket included 3 wins totalling £30.
• The 38th appearance of the main number 25 has put it only one appearance behind the table leader (the number 44). There's a similar one appearance gap between the two (45 vs. 46 appearances) in the winning number frequency table.
• At the other end of the table, the 20th appearance of the main number 39 has left the number 15 on its own at the basement. The number 39, however, remains at the bottom of the winning number frequency table, albeit having only 2 less than the 23 appearances of the number 15.
• I matched one number on each of my two tickets, which now makes this the longest running losing sequence I've ever had (54 consecutive draws without a win).
• Unclaimed prizes from this draw expired at 11.00pm BST on Monday 14th September 1998 and have been added to the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

Next Lottery: #234 (Saturday 21st March 1998) [5 jackpot winners]
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