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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 10
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 42

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/44 · since Jan 2010draw 110 of 1,751 under them

← 2011-01-14All recent draws2011-01-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:41 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 8 10 17 18 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread79th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

411times
810times
1011times
1717times
18

Prize breakdown · 2011-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 242kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39.4Kto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 57 winnerschance said 7.8

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$12.9K
  • Match 438%$14.9K
  • Match 329%$11.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 57≈ 7.8 by chance$1,847
  2. Match 4

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16times
4219times

Every number was expected about that many times after 109 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 2 of 6 numbers (4, 18) with the draw of 31 December 2010 — its closest relative in 109 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2011): 17 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 25 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 →
364≈ 361 by chance
$41.00
  • Match 35,773≈ 5.8k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈242k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,773 winners, 0% more than the 5.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60—
    Match 57$1,847
    Match 4364$41.00
    Match 35,773$2.00
    Totals6,144—