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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 October 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 39
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,099,814

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 787 of 2,099 under them

← 2017-10-18All recent draws2017-10-25 →

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 feed13 14 16 21 39 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 October 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread36th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 112 of each

13120times
14115times
16111times
21106times
39

Prize breakdown · 2017-10-21

  • Lines in play≈ 182kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.6Kto 5.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 510%$4.0K
  • Match 438%$14.8K
  • Match 351%$19.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,099,814
  2. Match 5

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107times
42100times

Every number was expected about that many times after 786 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 (14, 39, 42) with the draw of 1 July 2017 — its closest relative in 786 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 October 2017): 13, 42 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 15 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 34% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7≈ 7.5 by chance
$570
  • Match 4322≈ 328 by chance$46.00
  • Match 34,956≈ 5.0k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈182k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,956 winners, 0% more than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,099,814
    Match 57$570
    Match 4322$46.00
    Match 34,956$4.00