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Saturday Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2022

ResultSaturday Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 28
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 41
  7. 9
  8. 16

JackpotA$5,119,850

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

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009draw 729 of 930 under them

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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 feed3 8 28 36 37 41 + 9 1629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap87th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread74th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 97 of each

387times
892times
2885times
3686times
37

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 39Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$17.1Mto 893k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 44lines took a prize
  • 17 winnerschance said 4.8

Where the money went

  • 130%A$5.1M
  • 513%A$2.2M
  • 639%A$6.7M
  • 3 other tiers18%A$3M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 17≈ 4.8 by chance

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96times
4197times

Every number was expected about that many times after 728 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (3, 8, 28, 37) with the draw of 12 March 2016 — its closest relative in 728 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 December 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 68th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 29 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$731,407
  • 3894≈ 1.1k by chanceA$1,069
  • 447,852≈ 53k by chanceA$29.60
  • 273A$8,649
  • 5125,297A$17.70
  • 6719,038A$9.35
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈39M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 894 winners, 20% fewer than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    17A$731,407
    273A$8,649
    3894A$1,069
    447,852A$29.60
    5125,297A$17.70
    6719,038A$9.35