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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 February 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 33
  5. 39
  6. 47

Jackpot$2,250,000

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 335 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-02-16All recent draws2017-02-20 →

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 feed7 18 24 33 39 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 334 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 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

744times
1843times
2430times
3343times
39

Prize breakdown · 2017-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 478kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$151Kto 67k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$18.1K
  • Match 323%$34.8K
  • Match 238%$57.5K
  • 6 other tiers27%$40.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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40times
4735times

Every number was expected about that many times after 334 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 3 of 6 numbers (7, 33, 47) with the draw of 6 February 2017 — its closest relative in 334 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 February 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 59th 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

18 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,250,000
  • Match 58≈ 6.5 by chance$1,622
  • Match 4354≈ 365 by chance$51.00
  • Match 36,964≈ 7.1k by chance$5.00
  • Match 257,528≈ 58k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,275
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot27$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot246$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot937$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot988$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈478k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,964 winners, 2% fewer than the 7.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 58$1,622
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,275
    Match 4354$51.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot27$125
    Match 36,964$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot246$25.00
    Match 257,528$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot937$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot988$5.00
    Totals0—