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The Pick · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2022

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 30
  5. 34
  6. 44

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 1,364 of 1,962 under them

← 2022-12-14All recent draws2022-12-19 →

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 17 18 30 34 4429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap46th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread89th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 186 of each

4169times
17199times
18203times
30173times
34

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 197kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33.0Kto 5.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$4.0K
  • Match 445%$14.8K
  • Match 343%$14.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,200,000
  2. Match 5

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199times
44191times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,363 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 (4, 18, 30, 34) with the draw of 10 October 2015 — its closest relative in 1,363 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 31 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 0.8× 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2≈ 6.4 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4296≈ 295 by chance$50.00
  • Match 34,719≈ 4.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈197k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,719 winners, 0% more than the 4.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,200,000
    Match 52$2,000
    Match 4296$50.00
    Match 34,719$3.00
    Totals5,017—