most common lottery numbers drawn
The odds are against punters who use family birthdays to pick their lottery numbers. Statistics show four of the seven most frequently drawn numbers have been higher than 31 - the number of birth days in the longest months. The top seven numbers to pop up in the 1758 draws since the National Lottery launch in 1994 have been: 38, 23, 31, 25, 43, 33 and 44. And the worst number to put on your lotto ticket is 13 - which has been unlucky for everybody. Number 13 has only been drawn 203 times.