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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 26
  6. 31

Jackpot$3,352,168

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 778 of 2,099 under them

← 2017-09-16All recent draws2017-09-23 →

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 9 16 18 26 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 September 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

6104times
998times
16108times
18130times
26

Prize breakdown · 2017-09-20

  • Lines in play≈ 282kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$3.4Mto 8.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$3.4M
  • Match 40.6%$19.8K
  • Match 30.7%$23.0K
  • 1 other tier0.2%$5.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.05 by chance

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103times
31106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 777 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, 9, 18, 31) with the draw of 16 August 2017 — its closest relative in 777 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 20th 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

16 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 2.4× 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 →
$3,352,168
  • Match 56≈ 12 by chance$894
  • Match 4551≈ 508 by chance$36.00
  • Match 37,669≈ 7.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈282k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 551 winners, 9% more than the 508 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$3,352,168
    Match 56$894
    Match 4551$36.00
    Match 37,669$3.00