UK National Lotto #1561

Winning numbers drawn at 8.30pm GMT on Wednesday 8th December 2010:

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

Category	Prize	Winners	Total	Percentages
Jackpot	£2,446,436	1	£2,446,436	31.6%
5+bonus	£62,729	12	£752,748	9.7%
5 match	£1,823	258	£470,334	6.1%
4 match	£65	15,782	£1,025,830	13.2%
3 match	£10	305,675	£3,056,750	39.4%
Totals	321,728		£7,752,098	100.0%
Category		Change	Figure
Ticket sales		22.7% fall	£17,247,636

Lotto HotPicks #879 results:

Category	Prize	Winners	Total	Percentages
Pick 5	£130,000	0	£0	0.0%
Pick 4	£7,000	28	£196,000	19.3%
Pick 3	£450	1,017	£457,650	45.2%
Pick 2	£40	8,252	£330,080	32.6%
Pick 1	£5	5,801	£29,005	2.9%
Totals	15,098		£1,012,735	100.0%

The average Lotto HotPicks prize was £67.08.

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	23	214	36	250	18	80	18
2nd	24	192	30	222	2	73	2
3rd	14	177	37	214	13	18	13
4th	16	172	27	199	12	37	12
5th	25	209	41	250	19	93	19
6th	43	211	33	244	24	79	24
Bonus	48	192	27	219	12	182	12
Total	193	1367	231	1598	100	562	100
Avg.	27.6	195.3	33.0	228.3	14.3	80.3	14.3

Comments:

The draw used ball set 3 in the Merlin machine and the average main Lotto prize was £24.10. One in every 53.6 main Lotto tickets won a prize (=1.87% of players).

If all 13,983,816 ticket combinations were additionally purchased for the main Lotto game, they would have made a loss of £10,487,760.

The prior history of the main Lotto jackpot ticket included 26 wins totalling £260.

From Saturday 12th July 2003 onwards, Camelot has completely refused to issue per-draw sales figures for any of their individual games, despite continuously doing so for more than 8 years prior to that date. They blamed the media for only concentrating on the main Lotto game sales (which have been falling steadily for years), which seems to be a poor excuse to me. However, games with variable prize tiers such as the main Lotto can have their sales figures reverse-calculated to within a few pounds, which is what I have done.

Unclaimed prizes from this draw expired at 5.30pm BST on Monday 6th June 2011 and have been added to the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

Next Lotto: #1562 (Saturday 11th December 2010) [5 jackpot winners]
Previous Lotto: #1560 (Saturday 4th December 2010) [1 jackpot winner]

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