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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 December 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 24
  6. 36

Jackpot$19,379,790

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,220 of 2,101 under them

← 2021-12-15All recent draws2021-12-22 →

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 feed10 14 17 20 24 3629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 174 of each

10175times
14195times
17184times
20171times
24

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 439kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$168.0Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 58.5%$14.3K
  • Match 432%$53.5K
  • Match 360%$100.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$19,379,790

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170times
36184times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,219 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 (14, 20, 24, 36) with the draw of 30 August 2017 — its closest relative in 1,219 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2021): 24 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 38th 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

14 had not appeared for 10 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 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 54 rows folded in20≈ 18 by chance$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in769≈ 791 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in11,948≈ 12k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈439k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 769 winners, 3% fewer than the 791 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$19,379,790
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)2$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)3$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)5$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)10$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)73$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)74$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)234$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)388$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)1,207$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)1,147$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)3,621$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)5,973$6.00
    Totals12,737—