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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 February 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 19
  4. 23
  5. 31
  6. 32

Jackpot$1,660,429

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 717 of 2,101 under them

← 2017-02-15All recent draws2017-02-22 →

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 feed6 8 19 23 31 3229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

75oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 75 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

696times
896times
19104times
23102times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 249kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43.2Kto 7.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$4.9K
  • Match 442%$18.1K
  • Match 347%$20.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,660,429
  2. Match 5

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102times
3292times

Every number was expected about that many times after 716 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 (6, 8, 23, 31) with the draw of 30 April 2014 — its closest relative in 716 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2017): 19 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 36th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 16 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
$972
  • Match 4475≈ 448 by chance$38.00
  • Match 36,773≈ 6.8k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈249k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,773 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$1,660,429
    Match 55$972
    Match 4475$38.00
    Match 36,773$3.00