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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 26 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 15
  5. 31
  6. 37

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 834 of 1,751 under them

← 2017-12-22All recent draws2017-12-29 →

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 12 13 15 31 3729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 114 of each

4111times
12118times
13117times
1599times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-26

  • Lines in play≈ 157kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$28.6Kto 4.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 54 winnerschance said 5.1

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$9.8K
  • Match 440%$11.3K
  • Match 326%$7.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 54≈ 5.1 by chance$2,438
  2. Match 4

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107times
37122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 833 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 (4, 13, 31, 37) with the draw of 9 December 2014 — its closest relative in 833 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2017): 15 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 22 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 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
206≈ 235 by chance
$55.00
  • Match 33,753≈ 3.8k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈157k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,753 winners, 0% more than the 3.8k 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 54$2,438
    Match 4206$55.00
    Match 33,753$2.00
    Totals3,963—