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Lotto · draw

Friday, 5 January 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 24
  4. 31
  5. 36
  6. 38

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 1,463 of 1,752 under them

← 2024-01-02All recent draws2024-01-09 →

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 feed1 12 24 31 36 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap37th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread73th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 199 of each

1230times
12202times
24181times
31194times
36

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 159kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.1Kto 4.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$10.9K
  • Match 441%$12.7K
  • Match 324%$7.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$1,600,000
  2. Match 5

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199times
38217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,462 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 (1, 12, 31, 38) with the draw of 27 November 2012 — its closest relative in 1,462 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2024): 1 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

142

The numbers add up to 142 — the 59th 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

38 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 5.1 by chance
$3,619
  • Match 4226≈ 237 by chance$56.00
  • Match 33,791≈ 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 — 3,791 winners, 0% fewer 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$1,600,000
    Match 53$3,619
    Match 4226$56.00
    Match 33,791$2.00
    Totals4,020—