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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 5 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 27
  6. 28

Jackpot$1,300,000

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 828 of 1,752 under them

← 2017-12-01All recent draws2017-12-08 →

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 feed9 10 18 21 27 2829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 113 of each

9114times
10105times
18116times
21110times
27

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 198kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.3Kto 5.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 56 winnerschance said 6.4

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$10.1K
  • Match 438%$11.8K
  • Match 330%$9.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 56≈ 6.4 by chance$1,677
  2. Match 4

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133times
28102times

Every number was expected about that many times after 827 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 3 of 6 numbers (10, 21, 28) with the draw of 18 August 2017 — its closest relative in 827 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2017): 27 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 23th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10, 27–28. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 31 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
336≈ 297 by chance
$35.00
  • Match 34,744≈ 4.7k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈198k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,744 winners, 0% more than the 4.7k 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 56$1,677
    Match 4336$35.00
    Match 34,744$2.00
    Totals5,086—