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The Pick · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 29
  3. 30
  4. 32
  5. 37
  6. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 706 of 1,962 under them

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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 feed18 29 30 32 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2017 — 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 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread13th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

18119times
29102times
3086times
32105times
37

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99times
4281times

Every number was expected about that many times after 705 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (18, 30, 37) with the draw of 17 August 2016 — its closest relative in 705 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2016): 42 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

188

The numbers add up to 188 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 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.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

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