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Lightning Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 July 2026

ResultLightning Lotto

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 26
  3. 28
  4. 37
  5. 45

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/49 · since May 2025draw 420 of 508 under them

← 2026-07-17All recent draws2026-07-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed21 26 28 37 45 + 4711 Oct 2026, 05:07 UTCdiffers

This draw, read by every tool

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

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd65th
  • low9th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread15th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

2151times
2652times
2852times
3749times
45

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25times

Every number was expected about that many times after 419 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 (21, 26, 37) with the draw of 14 May 2026 — its closest relative in 419 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 July 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 43% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 85th 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.

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The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 15 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

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