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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 13
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. 26
  6. 46
  7. 12

JackpotCA$7,000,000

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 932 of 1,753 under them

← 2018-12-01All recent draws2018-12-08 →

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 feed11 13 18 23 26 46 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 114 of each

11114times
13106times
18103times
23126times
26

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 4.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$4.6Mto 724k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.34

Where the money went

  • Match 319%CA$860.6K
  • Match 237%CA$1.7M
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw22%CA$1.0M
  • 4 other tiers23%CA$1.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.34 by chance

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106times
46110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 931 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 4 of 6 numbers (13, 18, 23, 26) with the draw of 2 October 2010 — its closest relative in 931 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 39 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$7,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus2≈ 2.0 by chanceCA$106,781
  • Match 581≈ 86 by chanceCA$2,197
  • Match 44,640≈ 4.6k by chanceCA$72.90
  • Match 2 + Bonus62,238≈ 59k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 386,063≈ 84k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2571,007≈ 571k 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 ≈4.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Bonus — 62,238 winners, 6% more than the 59k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60CA$7,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus2CA$106,781
    Match 581CA$2,197
    Match 44,640CA$72.90
    Match 386,063CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus62,238CA$5.00
    Match 2571,007CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—