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Lotto · draw

Friday, 22 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 27
  6. 44

Jackpot$1,600,000

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 833 of 1,751 under them

← 2017-12-19All recent draws2017-12-26 →

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 15 16 18 27 4429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread61th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 113 of each

9115times
1598times
16119times
18117times
27

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 185kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33.9Kto 4.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 56 winnerschance said 6.0

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$11.6K
  • Match 440%$13.4K
  • Match 326%$8.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 56≈ 6.0 by chance$1,931
  2. Match 4

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134times
44103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 832 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 (9, 18, 27, 44) with the draw of 21 September 2010 — its closest relative in 832 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 17 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
249≈ 276 by chance
$54.00
  • Match 34,412≈ 4.4k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈185k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,412 winners, 0% more than the 4.4k 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$1,931
    Match 4249$54.00
    Match 34,412$2.00
    Totals4,667—