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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 18
  4. 31
  5. 36
  6. 7

Jackpot$15,000,000

The crowdHeld 10% less than 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 840 of 1,751 under them

← 2018-01-13All recent draws2018-01-20 →

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 feed3 8 18 31 36 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread51th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

378times
892times
1883times
3188times
36

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$374.9Kto 110k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball18%$66.6K
  • Match 330%$114.1K
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball14%$53.3K
  • 5 other tiers38%$140.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.06 by chance

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97times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

736times

Every number was expected about that many times after 839 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 (3, 8, 31) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 1 February 2017 — its closest relative in 839 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2018): 3 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 20th 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

8 had not appeared for 6 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$15,000,000
  • Match 52≈ 1.6 by chance$17,199
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball16≈ 13 by chance$1,074
  • Match 4323≈ 342 by chance$88.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball534≈ 539 by chance$48.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball7,400≈ 7.2k by chance$9.00
  • Match 312,676≈ 14k by chance$9.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball35,289≈ 35k by chance$1.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball53,276≈ 53k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,676 winners, 10% fewer than the 14k 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$15,000,000
    Match 52$17,199
    Match 4 + Mega Ball16$1,074
    Match 4323$88.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball534$48.00
    Match 312,676$9.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball7,400$9.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball35,289$1.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball53,276$1.00
    Totals109,516—