UK National Lottery #233

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]
Previous Lottery: #232 (Saturday 14th March 1998) [6 jackpot winners]

UK National Lottery #233

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

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© Richard K. Lloyd & Connect Internet Solutions Limited 2020
Disclaimer - This is an unofficial UK lottery site
Auto-generated at 10.56am BST on Thursday 16th July 2020