A study of 30 years of lottery balls revealed the luckiest and unluckiest numbers you can choose for the National Lottery draw. In the three decades and 3,000 draws since the Lotto began, there is no ball that has been pulled fewer times than the unlucky number 13 (358). Whereas, the number 38, would appear to be the luckiest number, having been pulled on 451 occasions. According to the study, the best numbers you could pull together with a chance of winning the pot are 38, 23, 31, 11, 45 and