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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 13
  5. 27
  6. 36

Jackpot$22,849,304

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,226 of 2,101 under them

← 2022-01-08All recent draws2022-01-15 →

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 feed3 4 5 13 27 3629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours92th
  • spread59th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

3202times
4187times
5181times
13190times
27

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-12

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$418.2Kto 31k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 58.7%$36.5K
  • Match 434%$142.9K
  • Match 357%$238.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.20 by chance$22,849,304

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167times
36185times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,225 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (5, 13, 27, 36) with the draw of 7 November 2018 — its closest relative in 1,225 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 January 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

88

The numbers add up to 88 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 4–5. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 8 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 54 rows folded in52≈ 43 by chance$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in2,022≈ 1.9k by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in28,501≈ 29k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 2,022 winners, 7% more than the 1.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$22,849,304
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)6$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)4$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)16$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)26$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)206$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)193$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)669$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)954$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)2,779$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)2,839$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)8,578$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)14,305$6.00
    Totals30,575—