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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 22
  6. 30

Jackpot$2,395,841

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 704 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-12-31All recent draws2017-01-07 →

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 feed2 3 17 20 22 3029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

298times
3110times
17113times
20107times
22

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 248kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.5Kto 7.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$4.7K
  • Match 441%$17.5K
  • Match 348%$20.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$2,395,841
  2. Match 5

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98times
3087times

Every number was expected about that many times after 703 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 (2, 17, 20) with the draw of 1 June 2016 — its closest relative in 703 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
13≈ 10 by chance
$363
  • Match 4437≈ 447 by chance$40.00
  • Match 36,758≈ 6.8k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈248k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,758 winners, 0% more than the 6.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,395,841
    Match 513$363
    Match 4437$40.00
    Match 36,758$3.00