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Lotto · draw

Friday, 12 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 23
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 37

Jackpot$6,600,000

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 917 of 1,752 under them

← 2018-10-09All recent draws2018-10-16 →

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 feed2 9 23 30 31 3729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread61th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 125 of each

2139times
9133times
23115times
30111times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-12

  • Lines in play≈ 274kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51.7Kto 6.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 512 winnerschance said 8.9

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$17.9K
  • Match 440%$20.7K
  • Match 325%$13.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 512≈ 8.9 by chance$1,493
  2. Match 4

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121times
37138times

Every number was expected about that many times after 916 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, 23, 30, 31) with the draw of 19 January 2018 — its closest relative in 916 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 October 2018): 37 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 45th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 16 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
350≈ 410 by chance
$59.00
  • Match 36,556≈ 6.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈274k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,556 winners, 0% more than the 6.6k 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 512$1,493
    Match 4350$59.00
    Match 36,556$2.00
    Totals6,918—