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Weekday Windfall · draw

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

ResultWeekday Windfall

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 31
  4. 38
  5. 42
  6. 45
  7. 18
  8. 40

JackpotA$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010draw 918 of 1,863 under them

← 2018-10-15All recent draws2018-10-22 →

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 feed5 13 31 38 42 45 + 18 4029 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread85th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 122 of each

5125times
13145times
31124times
38120times
42

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-17

  • Paid outA$1.5Mto 76k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$1.0M

Where the money went

  • 419%A$275.6K
  • 526%A$391.3K
  • 644%A$661.4K
  • 2 other tiers11%A$159.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 10A$1,000,000
  2. 3

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141times
45127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 917 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 (5, 13, 38, 42) with the draw of 1 March 2017 — its closest relative in 917 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 October 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

174

The numbers add up to 174 — the 88th 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

42 had not appeared for 14 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
14
A$4,466
  • 2177A$547
  • 48,848A$31.15
  • 522,751A$17.20
  • 644,688A$14.80
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$1,000,000
    2177A$547
    314A$4,466
    48,848A$31.15
    522,751A$17.20
    644,688A$14.80