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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 January 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 26
  6. 39
  7. 7

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 445 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-01-17All recent draws2018-01-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 12 17 20 26 39 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread96th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 67 of each

172times
1266times
1773times
2061times
26

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 8.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.6Mto 276k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 638%NZ$1M
  • Match 420%NZ$518.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$509K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$579.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.1 by chance

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72times
3963times

Every number was expected about that many times after 444 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 3 of 6 numbers (1, 12, 20) with the draw of 30 December 2017 — its closest relative in 444 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus12≈ 13 by chanceNZ$21,754
  • Match 5407≈ 422 by chanceNZ$636
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,164≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$51.00
  • Match 416,732≈ 17k by chanceNZ$31.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus25,448≈ 23k by chanceNZ$20.00
  • Match 3232,545≈ 233k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 + Bonus — 25,448 winners, 13% more than the 23k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus12NZ$21,754
    Match 5407NZ$636
    Match 4 + Bonus1,164NZ$51.00
    Match 416,732NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Bonus25,448NZ$20.00
    Match 3232,545NZ$0.00
    Totals0—