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Lightning Lotto · draw

Friday, 2 January 2026

ResultLightning Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 14
  3. 41
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 29

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2024 – May 2026draw 447 of 589 under them

← 2026-01-01All recent draws2026-01-03 →

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 feed5 14 41 42 43 + 2929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lightning Lotto was a 5/49 + 1/49 · Sep 2024 – May 2026 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 446 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours98th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

544times
1439times
4142times
4245times
43

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41times

Every number was expected about that many times after 446 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 3 of 5 numbers (14, 42, 43) with the draw of 21 December 2024 — its closest relative in 446 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2026): 14 carried over. Chance says 43% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 125. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42, 42–43. 36% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 10 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

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