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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 23
  5. 27
  6. 40

Jackpot$1,656,538

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

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 187 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-01-14All recent draws2012-01-21 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed1 11 12 23 27 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

135times
1120times
1227times
2322times
27

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 277kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.5Kto 8.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.1K
  • Match 440%$18.8K
  • Match 349%$22.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,656,538
  2. Match 5

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25times
4027times

Every number was expected about that many times after 186 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 6 numbers (1, 27, 40) with the draw of 15 October 2011 — its closest relative in 186 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2012): 11, 23 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 12 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7≈ 11 by chance
$723
  • Match 4481≈ 500 by chance$39.00
  • Match 37,549≈ 7.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈277k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,549 winners, 0% more than the 7.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,656,538
    Match 57$723
    Match 4481$39.00
    Match 37,549$3.00