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Lotto · draw

Friday, 20 March 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 40

Jackpot$1,700,000

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 1,067 of 1,752 under them

← 2020-03-17All recent draws2020-03-24 →

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 feed17 22 24 28 31 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 March 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 145 of each

17157times
22133times
24140times
28136times
31

Prize breakdown · 2020-03-20

  • Lines in play≈ 159kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.7Kto 4.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 55 winnerschance said 5.1

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$11.2K
  • Match 441%$12.9K
  • Match 324%$7.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 55≈ 5.1 by chance$2,245
  2. Match 4

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145times
40152times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,066 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 (24, 28, 31, 40) with the draw of 15 January 2010 — its closest relative in 1,066 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 March 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

162

The numbers add up to 162 — the 81th 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

40 had not appeared for 14 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 23% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
252≈ 237 by chance
$51.00
  • Match 33,795≈ 3.8k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈159k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,795 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 55$2,245
    Match 4252$51.00
    Match 33,795$2.00
    Totals4,052—