UK National Lotto #963

Winning numbers drawn at 8.30pm GMT on Wednesday 16th March 2005:

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

Category	Prize	Winners	Total	Percentages
Jackpot	£1,212,459	2	£2,424,918	26.2%
5+bonus	£186,532	4	£746,128	8.1%
5 match	£959	486	£466,074	5.0%
4 match	£39	26,240	£1,023,360	11.1%
3 match	£10	459,582	£4,595,820	49.6%
Totals	486,314		£9,256,300	100.0%
Category		Change	Figure
Ticket sales		0.9% fall	£20,575,839

Lotto HotPicks #281 results:

Category	Prize	Winners	Total	Percentages
Pick 4	£7,000	20	£140,000	12.7%
Pick 3	£450	1,203	£541,350	48.9%
Pick 2	£40	10,634	£425,360	38.4%
Totals	11,857		£1,106,710	100.0%

The average Lotto HotPicks prize was £93.34.

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	35	123	20	143	7	13	7
2nd	03	116	20	136	4	75	4
3rd	21	102	29	131	2	12	2
4th	09	123	26	149	1	17	1
5th	39	106	12	118	2	65	2
6th	07	119	15	134	19	62	19
Bonus	32	127	13	140	6	114	6
Total	146	816	135	951	41	358	41
Avg.	20.9	116.6	19.3	135.9	5.9	51.1	5.9

Comments:

The draw used ball set 2 in the Amethyst machine and the average main Lotto prize was £19.03. One in every 42.3 main Lotto tickets won a prize (=2.36% of players).

If all 13,983,816 ticket combinations were additionally purchased for the main Lotto game, they would have made a loss of £10,687,021.

The prior history of the main Lotto jackpot ticket included 17 wins totalling £170.

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 12th September 2005 and have been added to the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

Next Lotto: #964 (Saturday 19th March 2005) [1 jackpot winner]
Previous Lotto: #962 (Saturday 12th March 2005) [1 jackpot winner]

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