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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 9
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 23
  6. 31

Jackpot$2,049,561

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 892 of 2,101 under them

← 2018-10-20All recent draws2018-10-27 →

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 feed5 9 18 21 23 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd95th
  • low79th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

5138times
9112times
18151times
21124times
23

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-24

  • Lines in play≈ 405kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$68.7Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$7.6K
  • Match 441%$28.0K
  • Match 348%$33.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$2,049,561
  2. Match 5

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128times
31118times

Every number was expected about that many times after 891 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 (9, 18, 23, 31) with the draw of 6 January 2018 — its closest relative in 891 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 October 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 21th 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

21 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 2.4× 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 →
16≈ 17 by chance
$475
  • Match 4777≈ 730 by chance$36.00
  • Match 311,032≈ 11k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈405k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 777 winners, 6% more than the 730 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,049,561
    Match 516$475
    Match 4777$36.00
    Match 311,032$3.00