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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 February 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 7
  4. 14
  5. 16
  6. 24

Jackpot$4,262,997

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 823 of 2,101 under them

← 2018-02-21All recent draws2018-02-28 →

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 feed1 4 7 14 16 2429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 117 of each

1116times
4119times
7125times
14124times
16

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 374kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$62.2Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$6.7K
  • Match 440%$24.9K
  • Match 349%$30.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$4,262,997
  2. Match 5

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117times
24114times

Every number was expected about that many times after 822 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 (4, 16, 24) with the draw of 17 May 2017 — its closest relative in 822 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

66

The numbers add up to 66 — the 1th 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 9 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
13≈ 15 by chance
$519
  • Match 4733≈ 674 by chance$34.00
  • Match 310,191≈ 10k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈374k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 733 winners, 9% more than the 674 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,262,997
    Match 513$519
    Match 4733$34.00
    Match 310,191$3.00