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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 January 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 24
  6. 31

Jackpot$21,948,457

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,225 of 2,101 under them

← 2022-01-05All recent draws2022-01-12 →

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 feed9 10 18 21 24 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum29th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

9169times
10176times
18201times
21175times
24

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-08

  • Lines in play≈ 778kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$312.9Kto 23k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 59.4%$29.5K
  • Match 434%$105.1K
  • Match 357%$178.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.15 by chance$21,948,457

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171times
31164times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,224 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, 10, 21, 31) with the draw of 8 April 2020 — its closest relative in 1,224 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 January 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 11 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 2.5× 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 →
  • Match 54 rows folded in42≈ 32 by chance$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in1,525≈ 1.4k by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in21,173≈ 21k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈778k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,525 winners, 9% more than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$21,948,457
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)5$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)3$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)13$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)21$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)136$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)136$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)473$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)780$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)2,158$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)2,080$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)6,448$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)10,487$6.00
    Totals22,740—