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Natural State Jackpot · draw

Thursday, 5 January 2023

ResultNatural State Jackpot

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 12
  4. 20
  5. 23

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

Rules5/39 · since Sep 2012draw 3,219 of 4,533 under them

← 2023-01-04All recent draws2023-01-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:39 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 9 12 20 2329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 413 of each

4438times
9403times
12397times
20428times

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 45kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$12Kto 5.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 435%$4.2K
  • Match 327%$3.2K
  • Match 238%$4.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.08 by chance$350,000
  2. Match 4

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23
412times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,218 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 5 numbers (4, 9, 20, 23) with the draw of 23 October 2012 — its closest relative in 3,218 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2023): 4 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

68

The numbers add up to 68 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 8 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
14≈ 13 by chance
$300
  • Match 3458≈ 434 by chance$7.00
  • Match 24,627≈ 4.6k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈45k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 4,627 winners, 0% more than the 4.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$350,000
    Match 414$300
    Match 3458$7.00
    Match 24,627$1.00
    Totals5,099—