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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 31
  6. 38
  7. 46

JackpotCA$5,000,000

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 1,358 of 1,753 under them

← 2022-12-31All recent draws2023-01-07 →

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 feed4 17 21 22 31 38 + 4629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 166 of each

4172times
17149times
21191times
22175times
31

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 5.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$8Mto 845k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.40

Where the money went

  • Match 662%CA$5M
  • Match 312%CA$997.9K
  • Gold Ball Jackpot12%CA$1M
  • 4 other tiers13%CA$1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.40 by chance

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164times
38187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,357 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 (4, 17, 22, 38) with the draw of 24 August 2016 — its closest relative in 1,357 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2022): 21 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 17 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus2≈ 2.4 by chanceCA$118,002
  • Match 588≈ 102 by chanceCA$1,126
  • Match 45,480≈ 5.5k by chanceCA$72.80
  • Match 2 + Bonus61,194≈ 70k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 399,786≈ 100k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Gold Ball Jackpot1≈ 344k by chanceCA$1,000,000
  • Match 2678,136≈ 678k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Gold Ball Jackpot — 1 winners, 100% fewer than the 344k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61CA$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus2CA$118,002
    Match 588CA$1,126
    Match 45,480CA$72.80
    Match 399,786CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus61,194CA$5.00
    Match 2678,136CA$0.00
    Gold Ball Jackpot1CA$1,000,000
    Totals844,688—