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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Saturday, 21 January 2023

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 27
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 45
  7. 48

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 1,363 of 1,753 under them

← 2023-01-18All recent draws2023-01-25 →

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 feed8 11 27 35 38 45 + 4829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2023 — 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 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread52th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

8170times
11168times
27167times
35171times
38

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 4.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$2.8Mto 707k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.34

Where the money went

  • Match 414%CA$377.4K
  • Match 329%CA$811.5K
  • Gold Ball Jackpot36%CA$1M
  • 3 other tiers21%CA$579.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.34 by chance

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188times
45192times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,362 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 (8, 27, 35, 45) with the draw of 4 October 2014 — its closest relative in 1,362 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

164

The numbers add up to 164 — the 66th 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

8 had not appeared for 29 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 50% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 2.0 by chanceCA$223,256
  • Match 580≈ 85 by chanceCA$1,172
  • Match 44,328≈ 4.6k by chanceCA$87.20
  • Match 2 + Bonus52,462≈ 58k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 381,151≈ 84k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Gold Ball Jackpot1≈ 288k by chanceCA$1,000,000
  • Match 2568,776≈ 569k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Gold Ball Jackpot — 1 winners, 100% fewer than the 288k 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 60CA$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus1CA$223,256
    Match 580CA$1,172
    Match 44,328CA$87.20
    Match 381,151CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus52,462CA$5.00
    Match 2568,776CA$0.00
    Gold Ball Jackpot1CA$1,000,000
    Totals706,799—