Set For Life statistics · UK National Lottery
Explore the most common Set For Life numbers, least frequent numbers, overdue numbers, Life Ball frequency, pairs and triplets. Change the sample and draw day to see how the history changes.
Lottery statistics pages often mix these labels together. Here they are kept separate so you can see exactly what the history says.
A hot number has appeared more often in the selected sample. A cold number has appeared less often. Change from all draws to the last 50 and the leaders can change immediately.
An overdue number has gone the most included draws without appearing. That does not make it more likely to be selected next.
The explorer recalculates from the exact sample you choose. Press any ball to inspect its appearances, expected frequency, last draw, Monday/Thursday split and yearly history.
Frequency within the selected sample. It does not predict the next draw.
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These tables use the same sample and Monday/Thursday filter as the explorer above. They count combinations that actually appeared together; they do not increase the chance of that combination appearing next.
Two main numbers appearing in the same draw.
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Three main numbers appearing together in the same draw.
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Pairs such as 21–22 or 31–32 that appeared in the same draw.
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All ten Life Balls ranked by frequency in the selected sample.
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Historical co-occurrence is descriptive. Every valid Set For Life line still has the same mathematical chance in the next draw.
Instead of concentrating only on individual balls, these statistics look at the five main numbers as a group.
A number can be the most frequently drawn Set For Life number in the entire archive and still have exactly the same chance next time as the least frequently drawn number.
The Life Ball works the same way. One Life Ball is selected from 1–10, so each individual Life Ball has a 1 in 10 chance of appearing in the next draw.
Hot, cold and overdue statistics are useful for exploring history and choosing numbers in a way you find interesting. They are not evidence that a number is becoming more or less likely.
For the newest completed draw rather than historical frequency, see Set For Life results. The complete draw-by-draw archive is on Set For Life results history.
Set For Life has used the same 5-from-47 main-number pool and 1-from-10 Life Ball pool since the first draw on 18 March 2019. That makes all-time frequency comparisons simpler than games whose number matrix has changed.
Selected draws × 5/47. For 100 included draws, each main number would be expected to appear about 10.64 times on average.
Selected draws × 1/10. For 100 included draws, each Life Ball would be expected to appear about 10 times on average.
When you choose Mondays only or Thursdays only, the sample is filtered to that draw day first. Choosing “last 50” then means the most recent 50 included Monday or Thursday draws, not 50 calendar draws with half removed afterwards.
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See the latest winning numbers, Life Ball and prize breakdown.
Browse every draw from March 2019 onwards.
Compare your own numbers with completed draws.
Generate a valid line; historical frequency does not change its odds.
See why every valid line has the same probability.
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“Hottest” means the numbers that have appeared most often in the sample you choose. The all-draw leaders can differ from the last 25, 50 or 100 draws, so use the explorer rather than treating one fixed list as permanent.
The most common numbers are simply the highest-frequency main numbers in the selected historical sample. On this page, “hot” and “most common” refer to the same frequency measure.
Cold numbers are the least frequently drawn numbers in the selected sample. That is different from an overdue number, which is measured by how many included draws have passed since its most recent appearance.
An overdue number is one that has gone the greatest number of included draws since it last appeared. It is a historical recency measure, not a sign that the number is due next.
No. Every main number from 1 to 47 has the same probability of appearing in the next draw, and every Life Ball from 1 to 10 has the same probability as every other Life Ball.
No. Independent lottery draws do not compensate for earlier absences. A long gap does not increase the next-draw probability of that number.
Yes. Switch the number pool to Life Ball to rank all ten Life Balls by frequency, coldness, overdue status or performance against the expected count for your selected sample.
They use the same number pools and the same rules. The Monday and Thursday filter is included so you can inspect the historical records separately, not because either draw day gives a number different odds.
The pairs table counts how often two main numbers were drawn together in the selected sample. The triplets table does the same for groups of three main numbers.
No. Previous co-occurrence does not make a specific pair or triplet more likely in the next independent draw.
The archive begins with the first Set For Life draw on Monday 18 March 2019 and continues through the latest confirmed draw available in the results history.
The statistics update as newly confirmed draws are added to the Set For Life results history. Each confirmed draw then becomes part of the all-draw and recent-draw calculations.
No. Hot-number analysis can help you explore the draw history or choose numbers in a way you find interesting, but it cannot improve the mathematical probability attached to a valid line.
Data and methodology: statistics are calculated from Set For Life draw results from 18 March 2019 onwards. The statistics include every confirmed draw in MLL's Set For Life results history and update as new draws are confirmed. For prize claims and official results, verify your ticket with The National Lottery. MLL is independent and does not sell lottery tickets. Official Set For Life draw history.