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Weekday Windfall · draw

Wednesday, 5 January 2022

ResultWeekday Windfall

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 12
  5. 36
  6. 40
  7. 20
  8. 42

JackpotA$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010draw 1,254 of 1,863 under them

← 2022-01-03All recent draws2022-01-10 →

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 feed3 5 7 12 36 40 + 20 4229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread68th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

3165times
5174times
7175times
12139times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-05

  • Paid outA$5.9Mto 122k winning lines
  • 12 winnersA$1.0M

Where the money went

  • 134%A$2.0M
  • 517%A$1.0M
  • 629%A$1.7M
  • 3 other tiers19%A$1.1M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 12A$1,000,000
  2. 3

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158times
40189times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,253 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, 5, 36, 40) with the draw of 28 July 2014 — its closest relative in 1,253 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2022): 40 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 12th 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

7 had not appeared for 23 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
18
A$9,172
  • 2318A$804
  • 416,115A$45.10
  • 537,002A$27.90
  • 669,043A$25.30
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    12A$1,000,000
    2318A$804
    318A$9,172
    416,115A$45.10
    537,002A$27.90
    669,043A$25.30