Only fools rush. Before you play the UK’s biggest online lottery, it’s best practice to familiarise yourself with the popular number patterns in which the UK National lottery numbers present themselves. This step is often overlooked and is what contributes to such low win rates for first time players.
Winning the lottery is all about picking the right numbers, and each lottery has it's own set of popular numbers which are more frequently drawn than others.
Since it's launch the UK National Lottery has had hundreds of draws and we've managed to compile a very comprehensive list of frequently drawn lucky numbers for the UK National Lottery.
Armed with the knowledge of the most popular lottery numbers in the UK players can then get a much better idea of which numbers are more likely to be drawn than others. In fact, using popular lottery numbers is a common and effective strategy among many lottery players to get bigger wins more frequently.
Some more useful tips when playing popular UK National Lottery numbers:
We've researched past UK national Lottery draws to find out which numbers are more popular, and how many times each has been drawn. We've put together a list of all the UK National Lottery numbers that have been drawn over 50 times.
52 - Drawn: 82 times |
35 - Drawn: 65 times |
31 - Drawn: 61 times |
36 - Drawn: 77 times | 32 - Drawn: 65 times |
7 - Drawn: 60 times |
8 - Drawn: 76 times |
51 - Drawn: 65 times |
17 - Drawn: 60 times |
54 - Drawn: 74 times | 56 - Drawn: 64 times |
28 - Drawn: 59 times |
27 - Drawn: 73 times |
4 - Drawn: 64 times |
25 - Drawn: 59 times |
58 - Drawn: 72 times |
19 - Drawn: 64 times |
43 - Drawn: 58 times |
39 - Drawn: 70 times |
26 - Drawn: 64 times |
22 - Drawn: 58 times |
42 - Drawn: 69 times |
20 - Drawn: 64 times |
50 - Drawn: 57 times |
38 - Drawn: 69 times |
2 - Drawn: 63 times |
12 - Drawn: 57 times |
34 - Drawn: 69 times |
14 - Drawn: 63 times |
13 - Drawn: 56 times |
45 - Drawn: 69 times |
10 - Drawn: 63 times |
30 - Drawn: 56 times |
46 - Drawn: 68 times |
16 - Drawn: 63 times |
5 - Drawn: 56 times |
40 - Drawn: 68 times |
29 - Drawn: 63 times |
9 - Drawn: 56 times |
55 - Drawn: 68 times |
18 - Drawn: 62 times |
33 - Drawn: 55 times |
41 - Drawn: 67 times |
23 - Drawn: 62 times |
44 - Drawn: 55 times |
37 - Drawn: 67 times |
3 - Drawn: 61 times |
6 - Drawn: 55 times |
11 - Drawn: 67 times |
1 - Drawn: 61 times |
53 - Drawn: 55 times |
49 - Drawn: 66 times |
57 - Drawn: 61 times |
15 - Drawn: 54 times |
47 - Drawn: 66 times |
59 - Drawn: 61 times |
21 - Drawn: 52 times |
Now that we've seen what the most popular individual lottery numbers are, lets take a look at what some of the most popular UK National Lottery number combinations are.
According to the National Lottery organisation the most popular number combination played in 2020 was combinations of seven - 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42.
And while the popular belief says that seven is the luckiest number, this combination is yet to be drawn. The second most popular lottery number combination is multiples of five - 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
Some other popular UK National Lottery number combinations include combinations of three, combinations of all odd or all even numbers, and finally another popular number combination is a reference to the 2000s TV show Lost.
It's not only individual numbers or number combinations that are common. There are also pairs and triplets of numbers that are drawn more frequently than others.
Knowing which pairs and triplets are more likely to be drawn can give you a better idea of which lucky numbers to play together.
Below are some of the most popular pairs of numbers in the UK National Lottery
8/10 – Drawn 48 times |
7/44 – Drawn 44 times |
9/27 – Drawn 42 times |
33/40 – Drawn 46 times |
9/40 – Drawn 44 times |
10/31 – Drawn 42 times |
17/40 – Drawn 45 times |
25/32 – Drawn 44 times |
23/30 – Drawn 42 times |
35/39 – Drawn 45 times |
33/45 – Drawn 44 times |
23/49 – Drawn 42 times |
2/23 – Drawn 44 times |
1/38 – Drawn 42 times |
25/45 – Drawn 42 times |
But there are also popular numbers that often come up drawn in triplets. This is when the same three numbers are drawn in the same line.
If you pick the right number triplet you're already half way to the jackpot! These number combinations can be extremely useful of you manage to use the right ones.
Below are some of the most popular number triplets in the UK National Lottery
10/34/48 – Drawn 10 times |
6/20/29 – Drawn 9 times |
1/7/38 – Drawn 8 times |
17/22/38 – Drawn 10 times |
9/27/42 – Drawn 9 times |
1/27/45 – Drawn 8 times |
19/44/45 – Drawn 10 times |
11/17/40 – Drawn 9 times |
1/38/43 – Drawn 8 times |
1/3/37 – Drawn 9 times |
14/46/49 – Drawn 9 times |
2/28/47 – Drawn 8 times |
6/12/19 – Drawn 9 times |
1/2/49 – Drawn 8 times |
4/29/40 – Drawn 8 times |
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