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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 17
  5. 19
  6. 38

Jackpot$4,438,853

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 213 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-04-14All recent draws2012-04-21 →

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 feed4 7 8 17 19 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

434times
735times
826times
1725times
19

Prize breakdown · 2012-04-18

  • Lines in play≈ 400kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$65.8Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$7.1K
  • Match 440%$26.1K
  • Match 350%$32.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$4,438,853
  2. Match 5

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29times
3819times

Every number was expected about that many times after 212 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 (4, 7, 8, 19) with the draw of 12 October 2011 — its closest relative in 212 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 32% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 April 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 18 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 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
10≈ 16 by chance
$706
  • Match 4768≈ 720 by chance$34.00
  • Match 310,886≈ 11k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈400k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 768 winners, 7% more than the 720 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,438,853
    Match 510$706
    Match 4768$34.00
    Match 310,886$3.00