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The Pick · draw

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 35
  5. 36
  6. 41

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 1,678 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 14 17 35 36 4129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 229 of each

2250times
14251times
17235times
35234times
36

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 137kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34.1Kto 3.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 541%$14.0K
  • Match 430%$10.3K
  • Match 329%$9.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$1,000,000
  2. Match 5

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228times
41259times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,677 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 (2, 14, 35, 36) with the draw of 20 February 2023 — its closest relative in 1,677 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2024): 36 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 28 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 40% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7≈ 4.4 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4206≈ 205 by chance$50.00
  • Match 33,273≈ 3.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈137k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,273 winners, 0% fewer than the 3.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 57$2,000
    Match 4206$50.00
    Match 33,273$3.00
    Totals3,486—