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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 22 December 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 21
  3. 23
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 35

Jackpot$19,791,458

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,221 of 2,101 under them

← 2021-12-18All recent draws2021-12-29 →

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 feed8 21 23 27 28 3529 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread27th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 174 of each

8173times
21174times
23183times
27165times
28

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 464kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$181.5Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • Match 56.9%$12.5K
  • Match 435%$62.9K
  • Match 358%$106.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.09 by chance$19,791,458

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184times
35166times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,220 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 (8, 23, 28, 35) with the draw of 30 December 2017 — its closest relative in 1,220 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

142

The numbers add up to 142 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 22 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 in19≈ 19 by chance$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in903≈ 836 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in12,640≈ 13k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈464k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 903 winners, 8% more than the 836 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$19,791,458
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)2$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)2$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)2$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)13$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)87$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)84$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)282$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)450$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)1,234$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)1,262$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)3,857$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)6,287$6.00
    Totals13,562—