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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 1 January 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 28
  6. 40

Jackpot$1,457,446

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 390 of 2,099 under them

← 2013-12-28All recent draws2014-01-04 →

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 15 17 20 28 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 January 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread83th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 56 of each

355times
1558times
1753times
2069times
28

Prize breakdown · 2014-01-01

  • Lines in play≈ 247kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$49.0Kto 7.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$10.1K
  • Match 438%$18.7K
  • Match 341%$20.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,457,446
  2. Match 5

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58times
4050times

Every number was expected about that many times after 389 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 (15, 17, 20, 40) with the draw of 28 January 2012 — its closest relative in 389 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 51% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2013): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 22 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 10 by chance
$2,028
  • Match 4415≈ 445 by chance$45.00
  • Match 36,718≈ 6.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈247k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,718 winners, 0% more than the 6.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,457,446
    Match 55$2,028
    Match 4415$45.00
    Match 36,718$3.00