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Lotto · draw

Monday, 18 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 32
  5. 38
  6. 47

Jackpot$20,750,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 165 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-01-16All recent draws2016-01-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed10 17 19 32 38 4729 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 164 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

80oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 80 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 19 of each

1013times
1716times
1921times
327times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 624kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$193.1Kto 87k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$24.3K
  • Match 323%$44.8K
  • Match 239%$75.1K
  • 6 other tiers25%$49K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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17times
4716times

Every number was expected about that many times after 164 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 2 of 6 numbers (10, 47) with the draw of 14 January 2016 — its closest relative in 164 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2016): 47 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

163

The numbers add up to 163 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 62% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$20,750,000
  • Match 54≈ 8.5 by chance$4,348
  • Match 4416≈ 476 by chance$58.50
  • Match 38,951≈ 9.3k by chance$5.00
  • Match 275,078≈ 75k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,463
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot40$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot305$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,128$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,239$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈624k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,951 winners, 4% fewer than the 9.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$20,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 54$4,348
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,463
    Match 4416$58.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot40$125
    Match 38,951$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot305$25.00
    Match 275,078$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,128$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,239$5.00
    Totals0—