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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 28 July 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 12
  4. 16
  5. 19
  6. 27

Jackpot$4,967,642

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 867 of 2,099 under them

← 2018-07-25All recent draws2018-08-01 →

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 3 12 16 19 2729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 July 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 124 of each

1122times
3136times
12121times
16124times
19

Prize breakdown · 2018-07-28

  • Lines in play≈ 377kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$63.0Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$6.9K
  • Match 440%$25.3K
  • Match 349%$30.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$4,967,642
  2. Match 5

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131times
27110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 866 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 (3, 16, 19) with the draw of 19 May 2018 — its closest relative in 866 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 July 2018): 19 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 3th 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 20 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 2.6× 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 →
19≈ 16 by chance
$363
  • Match 4667≈ 679 by chance$38.00
  • Match 310,263≈ 10k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈377k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 667 winners, 2% fewer than the 679 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,967,642
    Match 519$363
    Match 4667$38.00
    Match 310,263$3.00