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UK49s hot and cold numbers

UK49s hot and cold numbers

Every ball from 1 to 49, ranked by how often it has come up as a main ball across 6 054 recorded draws. The average ball has landed 741 times.

Hottest ten

  • 3
  • 40
  • 20
  • 19
  • 2
  • 6
  • 24
  • 44
  • 17
  • 39

Ball 3 leads on 819 appearances.

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Coldest ten

  • 28
  • 36
  • 21
  • 10
  • 4
  • 49
  • 1
  • 32
  • 7
  • 29

Ball 28 trails on 689.

Every 49s draw is independent. What follows is a record of past draws, and a record cannot tell you what comes next.

All 49 balls, most drawn first

RankBallTimes drawnAgainst average
1 3 819 +78
2 40 796 +55
3 20 791 +50
4 19 790 +49
5 2 786 +45
6 6 783 +42
7 24 782 +41
8 44 775 +34
9 17 772 +31
10 39 772 +31
11 47 771 +30
12 12 768 +27
13 45 763 +22
14 46 760 +19
15 11 758 +17
16 31 755 +14
17 9 753 +12
18 38 753 +12
19 37 752 +11
20 42 748 +7
21 22 744 +3
22 23 744 +3
23 34 741 0
24 35 740 -1
25 14 737 -4
26 41 733 -8
27 43 731 -10
28 5 730 -11
29 26 730 -11
30 25 728 -13
31 18 727 -14
32 27 724 -17
33 16 720 -21
34 33 720 -21
35 13 719 -22
36 48 718 -23
37 30 716 -25
38 8 715 -26
39 15 715 -26
40 29 714 -27
41 7 712 -29
42 32 711 -30
43 1 710 -31
44 49 709 -32
45 4 705 -36
46 10 702 -39
47 21 701 -40
48 36 692 -49
49 28 689 -52

Tap any ball for its own page: how often it has landed in each draw, its longest gap, and the numbers it turns up with.

Hot and cold describe the past. A ball that has landed more often is not more likely next time, because the draw has no memory of it.