UK National Lotto #1459

Winning numbers drawn at 8.30pm GMT on Wednesday 16th December 2009:

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

Category	Prize	Winners	Total	Percentages
Jackpot	£2,900,560	1	£2,900,560	37.0%
5+bonus	£446,240	2	£892,480	11.4%
5 match	£3,575	156	£557,700	7.1%
4 match	£112	10,885	£1,219,120	15.6%
3 match	£10	226,627	£2,266,270	28.9%
Totals	237,671		£7,836,130	100.0%
Category		Change	Figure
Ticket sales		1.7% fall	£17,431,713

Lotto HotPicks #777 results:

Category	Prize	Winners	Total	Percentages
Pick 5	£130,000	0	£0	0.0%
Pick 4	£7,000	4	£28,000	6.3%
Pick 3	£450	469	£211,050	47.4%
Pick 2	£40	4,665	£186,600	42.0%
Pick 1	£5	3,810	£19,050	4.3%
Totals	8,948		£444,700	100.0%

The average Lotto HotPicks prize was £49.70.

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	20	145	42	187	3	16	3
2nd	44	196	25	221	11	6	6
3rd	35	186	28	214	13	7	7
4th	02	184	22	206	4	53	4
5th	34	168	29	197	4	19	4
6th	40	194	22	216	2	58	2
Bonus	49	178	26	204	3	13	3
Total	224	1251	194	1445	40	172	29
Avg.	32.0	178.7	27.7	206.4	5.7	24.6	4.1

Comments:

The draw used ball set 3 in the Arthur machine and the average main Lotto prize was £32.97. One in every 73.3 main Lotto tickets won a prize (=1.36% of players).

If all 13,983,816 ticket combinations were additionally purchased for the main Lotto game, they would have made a loss of £9,762,608.

The prior history of the main Lotto jackpot ticket included 28 wins totalling £280.

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 14th June 2010 and have been added to the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

Next Lotto: #1460 (Saturday 19th December 2009) [2 jackpot winners]
Previous Lotto: #1458 (Saturday 12th December 2009) [2 jackpot winners]

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