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The Pick · draw

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 39
  6. 40

Jackpot$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 880 of 1,962 under them

← 2018-09-01All recent draws2018-09-08 →

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 feed6 17 21 23 39 4029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 120 of each

6128times
17135times
21113times
23129times
39

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117times
40119times

Every number was expected about that many times after 879 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 (6, 17, 21) with the draw of 6 June 2018 — its closest relative in 879 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 September 2018): 17, 40 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 39–40. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 26 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 29% of the jackpot.

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

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