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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 12
  4. 18
  5. 36
  6. 40

Jackpot$25,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,228 of 2,101 under them

← 2022-01-15All recent draws2022-01-22 →

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 feed5 8 12 18 36 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread71th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 175 of each

5182times
8174times
12169times
18202times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-19

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$25.5Mto 34k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 698%$25.0M
  • Match 40.6%$157.1K
  • Match 31.1%$269.2K
  • 1 other tier0.1%$36.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 0.23 by chance

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186times
40172times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,227 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 (5, 8, 36, 40) with the draw of 28 July 2021 — its closest relative in 1,227 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 36th 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

40 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 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 →
$12,500,000
  • Match 54 rows folded in53≈ 49 by chance$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in2,229≈ 2.1k by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in32,150≈ 32k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 2,229 winners, 5% more than the 2.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62$12,500,000
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)4$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)3$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)21$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)25$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)224$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)241$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)671$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)1,093$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)3,146$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)3,181$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)9,624$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)16,199$6.00
    Totals34,434—