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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Wednesday, 3 January 2018

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 24
  3. 27
  4. 31
  5. 35
  6. 15

Jackpot$11,000,000

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

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 836 of 1,751 under them

← 2017-12-30All recent draws2018-01-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed18 24 27 31 35 + 1529 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

1882times
2490times
2790times
3187times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 2.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$515.3Kto 123k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball17%$86.2K
  • Match 330%$154.4K
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball15%$77.5K
  • 5 other tiers38%$197.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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82times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

1532times

Every number was expected about that many times after 835 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 3 of 5 numbers (18, 24, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 February 2017 — its closest relative in 835 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2017): 27 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. No two numbers side by side. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 34 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$11,000,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.8 by chance$22,377
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball19≈ 15 by chance$1,177
  • Match 4385≈ 384 by chance$96.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball596≈ 606 by chance$56.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball7,834≈ 8.1k by chance$11.00
  • Match 315,436≈ 16k by chance$10.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball38,726≈ 39k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball59,828≈ 60k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Mega Ball — 7,834 winners, 3% fewer than the 8.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball0$11,000,000
    Match 52$22,377
    Match 4 + Mega Ball19$1,177
    Match 4385$96.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball596$56.00
    Match 315,436$10.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball7,834$11.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball38,726$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball59,828$1.00
    Totals122,826—