UK49s FAQ

During UK summer: Brunchtime 12:49, Lunchtime 13:49, Drivetime 17:49 and Teatime 18:49, all SAST. When the UK changes its clocks the draws move one hour later. Our countdown always shows the true time.

Yes. The operator runs all four draws every day of the week, weekends included. Only the clock changes: when the UK moves off summer time each draw shifts an hour later in South African time.

Six main balls plus one Booster ball, drawn from 1 to 49. Most South African bookmakers let you choose whether your bet includes the Booster.

After the six main balls, one more ball is drawn from the same machine: the Booster. Betting with the Booster included gives your number seven chances to appear instead of six, at slightly different odds.

Yes. You bet on the outcome of the UK draw through a licensed South African bookmaker, in rand. You are not buying a UK lottery ticket.

No, and this is the part most people get wrong. You are not buying a lottery ticket, you are placing a bet: you choose how many numbers to back, from one up to five, and every one of them has to come out. Backing one number is the easiest bet on the board.

For a one-number bet the operator's published guide returns 7 times your stake, rising to 7,200 times for four numbers and 125,000 times for five. Those returns include your stake back. Your bookmaker sets its own price and caps the most it will pay on one bet, so check the bet slip before you confirm.

You do not need one. This site does everything an app would - live results, history, hot and cold numbers and free predictions - in any phone browser, with nothing to install. The operator publishes its own official 49's app; the many third-party results apps in the app stores are unofficial.

Whatever you like, within your bookmaker's limits. The published returns are a multiple of your stake, so the same ladder works whether you put down R10 or R100.

No, and anyone who promises a guaranteed win is not being honest with you. UK49s is a game of chance. Our picks lean on every draw since 2000, and we publish exactly how they perform.

Across the last 56 draws on record, the most drawn main balls are 17, 16, 48 and the least drawn are 4, 8, 19. See the hot and cold page for the full 49-ball board.

No. Every draw is independent and the machine has no memory of the last one, so a ball that has been quiet for forty draws is exactly as likely as any other. We publish gaps and droughts because they are interesting, not because they predict anything.

We publish each result minutes after the official draw, then verify it against the operator before it enters the history archive.

No. We are an independent South African results and analytics service. The draw is operated by 49's Ltd in the United Kingdom. We publish results and history for information only.

Each result is captured from the official draw and checked against the operator before it enters the archive. Anything that does not match is held back rather than published.

To 2000. We hold 18,928 draws across 9,289 days, and every month page is built from that record rather than typed up.