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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Saturday, 21 January 2023

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 31
  5. 42

The crowdHeld 5% more 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 1,363 of 1,753 under them

← 2023-01-18All recent draws2023-01-25 →

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 feed7 16 22 31 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2023 — 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 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread60th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 145 of each

7156times
16148times
22163times
31129times
42

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$415Kto 106k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 23lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball18%$75.5K
  • Match 334%$140.3K
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball16%$67.8K
  • 4 other tiers32%$131.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.06 by chance

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157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,362 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 5 numbers (16, 22, 31, 42) with the draw of 10 April 2019 — its closest relative in 1,362 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 17% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2023): 7 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 47th 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

22 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$26,000,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.5 by chance$39,037
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball10≈ 13 by chance$1,951
  • Match 4333≈ 325 by chance$97.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball508≈ 513 by chance$57.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball6,860≈ 6.8k by chance$11.00
  • Match 314,031≈ 13k by chance$10.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball33,901≈ 33k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball50,689≈ 51k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 14,031 winners, 5% more than the 13k 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$26,000,000
    Match 50$39,037
    Match 4 + Mega Ball10$1,951
    Match 4333$97.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball508$57.00
    Match 314,031$10.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball6,860$11.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball33,901$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball50,689$1.00
    Totals106,332—