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The Pick · draw

Saturday, 18 February 2017

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 37
  6. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 719 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 feed2 4 16 17 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread89th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

2110times
488times
16118times
17101times
37

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102times
4283times

Every number was expected about that many times after 718 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 (2, 17, 42) with the draw of 3 August 2016 — its closest relative in 718 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2017): 17 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 16 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

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