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Lightning Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 April 2026

ResultLightning Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 36
  5. 43

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/49 · since May 2025draw 329 of 508 under them

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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 22 36 4329 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 April 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 94% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread71th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

426times
1740times
2248times
3622times
43

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22times

Every number was expected about that many times after 328 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 (4, 17, 36) with the draw of 15 December 2025 — its closest relative in 328 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 April 2026): 22 carried over. Chance says 43% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 125. No two numbers side by side. 36% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 49 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 8% of the jackpot.

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

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