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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 22
  5. 27
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,207,815

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 886 of 2,101 under them

← 2018-09-29All recent draws2018-10-06 →

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 feed7 8 14 22 27 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 126 of each

7133times
8127times
14134times
22123times
27

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-03

  • Lines in play≈ 228kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.2Kto 6.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$4.2K
  • Match 440%$15.4K
  • Match 349%$18.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$1,207,815
  2. Match 5

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113times
42120times

Every number was expected about that many times after 885 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 (7, 22, 27, 42) with the draw of 9 July 2011 — its closest relative in 885 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 September 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 23 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 9.4 by chance
$378
  • Match 4415≈ 411 by chance$37.00
  • Match 36,217≈ 6.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈228k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,217 winners, 0% more than the 6.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,207,815
    Match 511$378
    Match 4415$37.00
    Match 36,217$3.00