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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 22
  4. 25
  5. 32
  6. 40
  7. 31

JackpotNZ$999,999

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 532 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-11-17All recent draws2018-11-24 →

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 feed7 8 22 25 32 40 + 3129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 November 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 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread69th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

774times
872times
2276times
2576times
32

Prize breakdown · 2018-11-21

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$1.9Mto 162k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 652%NZ$1M
  • Match 416%NZ$296.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus15%NZ$283.7K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$327.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 1.3 by chance

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79times
4077times

Every number was expected about that many times after 531 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 (22, 32, 40) with the draw of 26 September 2018 — its closest relative in 531 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 November 2018): 25 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 6 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus6≈ 7.6 by chanceNZ$24,613
  • Match 5241≈ 252 by chanceNZ$608
  • Match 4 + Bonus588≈ 631 by chanceNZ$57.00
  • Match 49,898≈ 10k by chanceNZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus12,333≈ 13k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3139,057≈ 139k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 + Bonus — 12,333 winners, 8% fewer than the 13k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 63NZ$333,333
    Match 5 + Bonus6NZ$24,613
    Match 5241NZ$608
    Match 4 + Bonus588NZ$57.00
    Match 49,898NZ$30.00
    Match 3 + Bonus12,333NZ$23.00
    Match 3139,057NZ$0.00
    Totals0—