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The Pick · draw

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 19
  5. 22
  6. 24

Jackpot$5,000,000

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 1,861 of 1,963 under them

← 2026-02-16All recent draws2026-02-21 →

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 12 17 19 22 248 Oct 2026, 08:17 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 254 of each

6250times
12236times
17261times
19251times
22

Prize breakdown · 2026-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 307kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$81.3Kto 7.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 542%$34.0K
  • Match 431%$25.3K
  • Match 327%$22.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$4,700,000
  2. Match 5

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256times
24251times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,860 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 (6, 12, 17, 22) with the draw of 9 August 2025 — its closest relative in 1,860 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 February 2026): 22, 24 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 21 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17≈ 9.9 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4505≈ 459 by chance$50.00
  • Match 37,339≈ 7.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈307k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,339 winners, 0% more than the 7.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,700,000
    Match 517$2,000
    Match 4505$50.00
    Match 37,339$3.00
    Totals7,861—