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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 27 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 34
  7. 23

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 525 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-10-24All recent draws2018-10-31 →

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 feed10 12 15 17 18 34 + 2329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 79 of each

1075times
1282times
1594times
1786times
18

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-27

  • Lines in play≈ 7.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$1.4Mto 254k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus16%NZ$236.2K
  • Match 432%NZ$463K
  • Match 3 + Bonus31%NZ$450.3K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$288.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 2.0 by chance

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89times
3473times

Every number was expected about that many times after 524 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 (12, 15, 17) with the draw of 15 September 2018 — its closest relative in 524 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 October 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 14 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$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus10≈ 12 by chanceNZ$23,617
  • Match 5374≈ 392 by chanceNZ$626
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,023≈ 979 by chanceNZ$53.00
  • Match 415,434≈ 16k by chanceNZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus21,442≈ 21k by chanceNZ$21.00
  • Match 3215,873≈ 216k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,023 winners, 4% more than the 979 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus10NZ$23,617
    Match 5374NZ$626
    Match 4 + Bonus1,023NZ$53.00
    Match 415,434NZ$30.00
    Match 3 + Bonus21,442NZ$21.00
    Match 3215,873NZ$0.00
    Totals0—