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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 29
  6. 31

Jackpot$11,706,407

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,113 of 2,101 under them

← 2020-12-05All recent draws2020-12-12 →

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 feed17 20 23 24 29 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 December 2020 — 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.

  • sum70th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 159 of each

17170times
20159times
23168times
24152times
29

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-09

  • Lines in play≈ 347kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$11.8Mto 10k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$11.7M
  • Match 40.4%$44.6K
  • Match 30.7%$78.9K
  • 1 other tier0.1%$11.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.07 by chance

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173times
31149times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,112 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 (17, 20, 23, 29) with the draw of 21 December 2013 — its closest relative in 1,112 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 December 2020): 17 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 16 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$11,706,407
  • Match 54 rows folded in15≈ 14 by chance$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in641≈ 625 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in9,439≈ 9.4k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈347k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 641 winners, 3% more than the 625 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$11,706,407
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)1$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)4$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)5$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)5$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)64$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)57$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)196$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)324$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)920$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)897$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)2,878$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)4,744$6.00
    Totals10,096—