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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 32
  3. 38
  4. 40
  5. 44
  6. 45
  7. 2

JackpotCA$40,000,000

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

Rules6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010draw 914 of 1,753 under them

← 2018-09-29All recent draws2018-10-06 →

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 feed15 32 38 40 44 45 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 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 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd20th
  • low5th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread22th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

15124times
3293times
38126times
40126times
44

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-03

  • Lines in play≈ 7.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$47.1Mto 1.2M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.56

Where the money went

  • Match 685%CA$40M
  • Match 32.8%CA$1.3M
  • Match 26.0%CA$2.8M
  • 5 other tiers6.2%CA$2.9M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.56 by chance

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119times
45124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 913 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 6 numbers (15, 38, 40) with the draw of 6 June 2018 — its closest relative in 913 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 September 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

214

The numbers add up to 214 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 44–45. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 15 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$40,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus4≈ 3.4 by chanceCA$105,957
  • Match 5111≈ 141 by chanceCA$3,182
  • Match 47,204≈ 7.6k by chanceCA$93.20
  • Match 2 + Bonus96,364≈ 96k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 3133,858≈ 138k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2937,458≈ 937k by chanceCA$3.00
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 7,204 winners, 5% fewer than the 7.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61CA$40,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus4CA$105,957
    Match 5111CA$3,182
    Match 47,204CA$93.20
    Match 3133,858CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus96,364CA$5.00
    Match 2937,458CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—