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Weekday Windfall · draw

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

ResultWeekday Windfall

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 22
  3. 26
  4. 39
  5. 41
  6. 44
  7. 2
  8. 37

JackpotA$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010draw 632 of 1,863 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, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed18 22 26 39 41 44 + 2 3729 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread17th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 84 of each

1884times
2277times
2688times
3988times
41

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-20

  • Paid outA$5.2Mto 116k winning lines
  • 11 winnerA$1.0M

Where the money went

  • 119%A$1.0M
  • 522%A$1.1M
  • 634%A$1.8M
  • 3 other tiers25%A$1.3M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 11A$1,000,000
  2. 3

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88times
4491times

Every number was expected about that many times after 631 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 3 of 6 numbers (22, 26, 39) with the draw of 23 September 2015 — its closest relative in 631 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2016): 41 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

190

The numbers add up to 190 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. No two numbers side by side. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

44 had not appeared for 16 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 46% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17
A$11,197
  • 2262A$1,130
  • 413,352A$61.80
  • 533,523A$34.10
  • 669,289A$25.60
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    11A$1,000,000
    2262A$1,130
    317A$11,197
    413,352A$61.80
    533,523A$34.10
    669,289A$25.60