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Oz Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 26 December 2023

ResultOz Lotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 42
  7. 44
  8. 3
  9. 16
  10. 39

JackpotA$32,629,794

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules7/47 + 3/47 · since May 2022draw 85 of 231 under them

← 2023-12-19All recent draws2024-01-02 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 22 24 28 31 42 44 + 3 16 3929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd12th
  • low33th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours18th
  • spread10th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

1710times
2215times
2415times
2814times
31

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10times
4212times
4411times

Every number was expected about that many times after 84 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 7 numbers (17, 22, 24) with the draw of 18 July 2023 — its closest relative in 84 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 70% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

208

The numbers add up to 208 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 168. No two numbers side by side. 64% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 24 draws. A number waits about 7 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 83% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-26

  • Lines in play≈ 109Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$142.5Mto 2.0M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 55lines took a prize
  • Match 73 winnerschance said 1.7

Where the money went

  • Match 769%A$97.9M
  • Match 410%A$14.4M
  • match_3_b17%A$24.1M
  • 4 other tiers4.3%A$6.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 73≈ 1.7 by chanceA$32,629,794
  2. match_6_b31≈ 36 by chanceA$52,070
  3. Match 6428≈ 449 by chanceA$4,457
  4. match_5_b3,760≈ 4.2k by chanceA$390
  5. Match 522,296≈ 24k by chanceA$53.00
  6. Match 4552,886≈ 600k by chanceA$26.00
  7. match_3_b1,415,829≈ 1.5M by chanceA$17.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈109M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_5_b — 3,760 winners, 9% fewer than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
match_3_b1,415,829A$17.00
Match 4552,886A$26.00
Match 522,296A$53.00
match_5_b3,760A$390
Match 6428A$4,457
match_6_b31A$52,070
Match 73A$32,629,794