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Triple Twist · draw

Monday, 18 January 2021

ResultTriple Twist

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 20
  5. 26
  6. 37

Jackpot$397,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Dec 2018draw 722 of 2,827 under them

← 2021-01-17All recent draws2021-01-19 →

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 feed3 8 11 20 26 3729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2021 — 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 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 103 of each

393times
891times
1190times
20112times
26

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Bas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$16.3Kto 4.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 566,762lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 18481 winnerschance said 481

Where the money went

  • Match 6 of 1815%$2.4K
  • Match 5 or Match 9 of 1821%$3.5K
  • Match 3 or Match 5 of 1846%$7.4K
  • 2 other tiers18%$3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in481≈ 481 by chance

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103times
3792times

Every number was expected about that many times after 721 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 (3, 11, 26, 37) with the draw of 1 May 2020 — its closest relative in 721 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 19th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 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.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$397,000
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,000
  • Match 5 or Match 9 of 187$500
  • Match 8 of 1814$50.00
  • Match 4 or Match 7 of 18228$10.00
  • Match 3 or Match 5 of 183,722$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5B lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 6 of 18 — 481 winners against 481 expected — with counts this small, chance alone does that.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$397,000
    Match 10+ of 180$2,000
    Match 5 or Match 9 of 187$500
    Match 8 of 1814$50.00
    Match 4 or Match 7 of 18228$10.00
    Match 6 of 18481$5.00
    Match 3 or Match 5 of 183,722$2.00
    Totals4,452—