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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 January 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 27
  6. 38

Jackpot$2,297,074

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,020 of 2,098 under them

← 2020-01-15All recent draws2020-01-22 →

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 feed2 4 16 20 27 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread77th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 146 of each

2151times
4154times
16154times
20140times
27

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 168kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$68.7Kto 4.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$7.3K
  • Match 433%$22.8K
  • Match 356%$38.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,297,074
  2. Match 54 rows folded in

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133times
38149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,019 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 (4, 16, 27) with the draw of 3 July 2019 — its closest relative in 1,019 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2020): 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

20 had not appeared for 28 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 6.9 by chance
$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in326≈ 302 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in4,570≈ 4.6k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈168k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,570 winners, 0% more than the 4.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,297,074
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)2$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)3$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)1$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)2$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)33$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)32$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)97$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)164$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)497$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)444$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)1,367$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)2,262$6.00
    Totals4,904—