LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇳🇿 0800 654 655all helplines →

Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 April 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 15
  5. 27
  6. 32
  7. 18

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 471 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-04-18All recent draws2018-04-25 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed2 9 10 15 27 32 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 April 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

271times
974times
1066times
1585times
27

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-21

  • Lines in play≈ 7.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.5Mto 265k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 640%NZ$1M
  • Match 419%NZ$478.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus19%NZ$472.3K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$541.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.1 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

64times
3269times

Every number was expected about that many times after 470 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 (9, 15, 27, 32) with the draw of 11 May 2016 — its closest relative in 470 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 65% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 April 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

95

The numbers add up to 95 — the 14th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 47 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus19≈ 12 by chanceNZ$12,836
  • Match 5400≈ 406 by chanceNZ$605
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,107≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$50.00
  • Match 416,486≈ 16k by chanceNZ$29.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus23,614≈ 22k by chanceNZ$20.00
  • Match 3223,699≈ 224k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,107 winners, 9% more than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus19NZ$12,836
    Match 5400NZ$605
    Match 4 + Bonus1,107NZ$50.00
    Match 416,486NZ$29.00
    Match 3 + Bonus23,614NZ$20.00
    Match 3223,699NZ$0.00
    Totals0—