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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 10
  3. 14
  4. 29
  5. 37
  6. 38

Jackpot$1,859,173

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 891 of 2,101 under them

← 2018-10-17All recent draws2018-10-24 →

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 10 14 29 37 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

85oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 85 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

7135times
10132times
14136times
29136times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-20

  • Lines in play≈ 341kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$59.9Kto 9.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$6.9K
  • Match 442%$25.2K
  • Match 346%$27.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$1,859,173
  2. Match 5

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111times
38130times

Every number was expected about that many times after 890 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 (10, 29, 37, 38) with the draw of 4 April 2018 — its closest relative in 890 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2018): 14 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 17 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
12≈ 14 by chance
$572
  • Match 4615≈ 614 by chance$41.00
  • Match 39,272≈ 9.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈341k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 615 winners, 0% more than the 614 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,859,173
    Match 512$572
    Match 4615$41.00
    Match 39,272$3.00