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Lotto · draw

Friday, 23 February 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 43

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 1,477 of 1,752 under them

← 2024-02-20All recent draws2024-02-27 →

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 15 16 17 18 4329 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 February 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

18oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 18 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 201 of each

1232times
15176times
16197times
17205times
18

Prize breakdown · 2024-02-23

  • Lines in play≈ 150kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.3Kto 3.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$10.2K
  • Match 441%$11.9K
  • Match 325%$7.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$1,500,000
  2. Match 5

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215times
43205times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,476 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, 15, 16, 17) with the draw of 7 June 2011 — its closest relative in 1,476 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2024): 16 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 16–17, 17–18. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 15 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 4.9 by chance
$3,415
  • Match 4216≈ 225 by chance$55.00
  • Match 33,597≈ 3.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈150k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,597 winners, 0% more than the 3.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,500,000
    Match 53$3,415
    Match 4216$55.00
    Match 33,597$2.00
    Totals3,816—