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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 29
  5. 39
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,105,563

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 838 of 2,101 under them

← 2018-04-14All recent draws2018-04-21 →

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 feed3 14 15 29 39 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 April 2018 — 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 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 120 of each

3132times
14127times
15120times
29129times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-18

  • Lines in play≈ 204kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$36.6Kto 5.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$4.2K
  • Match 443%$15.7K
  • Match 346%$16.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$1,105,563
  2. Match 5

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111times
42109times

Every number was expected about that many times after 837 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 (15, 29, 39, 42) with the draw of 5 December 2015 — its closest relative in 837 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 79% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 April 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

142

The numbers add up to 142 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 18 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 8.4 by chance
$703
  • Match 4357≈ 368 by chance$44.00
  • Match 35,555≈ 5.6k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈204k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,555 winners, 0% more than the 5.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,105,563
    Match 56$703
    Match 4357$44.00
    Match 35,555$3.00