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Lotto · draw

Friday, 20 October 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 26
  5. 32
  6. 37

Jackpot$5,600,000

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 815 of 1,751 under them

← 2017-10-17All recent draws2017-10-24 →

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 feed5 8 16 26 32 3729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 October 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread44th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

5110times
8121times
16115times
26102times
32

Prize breakdown · 2017-10-20

  • Lines in play≈ 244kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.6Mto 6.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$5.6M
  • Match 50.3%$16.0K
  • Match 40.3%$18.6K
  • 1 other tier0.2%$11.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.03 by chance

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108times
37115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 814 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, 32, 37) with the draw of 2 June 2015 — its closest relative in 814 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2017): 26, 32 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 5 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,600,000
  • Match 511≈ 7.9 by chance$1,453
  • Match 4357≈ 364 by chance$52.00
  • Match 35,825≈ 5.8k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈244k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,825 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 61$5,600,000
    Match 511$1,453
    Match 4357$52.00
    Match 35,825$2.00
    Totals6,194—