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The Pick · draw

Saturday, 16 April 2022

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 33
  6. 34

Jackpot$3,800,000

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

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 1,259 of 1,962 under them

← 2022-04-13All recent draws2022-04-18 →

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 feed17 18 22 28 33 3429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 April 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 172 of each

17182times
18188times
22171times
28163times
33

Prize breakdown · 2022-04-16

  • Lines in play≈ 284kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$63.0Kto 7.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$22.0K
  • Match 433%$20.7K
  • Match 332%$20.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$3,800,000
  2. Match 5

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179times
34177times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,258 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 6 numbers (17, 18, 33, 34) with the draw of 3 March 2018 — its closest relative in 1,258 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 85% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 April 2022): 17, 28, 33 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 33–34. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 9.2 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4413≈ 425 by chance$50.00
  • Match 36,795≈ 6.8k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈284k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,795 winners, 0% more than the 6.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,800,000
    Match 511$2,000
    Match 4413$50.00
    Match 36,795$3.00
    Totals7,219—