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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 20 July 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 25
  2. 26
  3. 42
  4. 43
  5. 49
  6. 50

Jackpot$6,000,000

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 400 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-07-17All recent draws2017-07-22 →

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 feed25 26 42 43 49 5029 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 399 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 20 July 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

2538times
2646times
4246times
4344times
49

Prize breakdown · 2017-07-20

  • Lines in play≈ 435kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$145.4Kto 61k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$18.5K
  • Match 321%$30.2K
  • Match 236%$52.3K
  • 6 other tiers31%$44.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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52times
5048times

Every number was expected about that many times after 399 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 (26, 43, 50) with the draw of 5 January 2017 — its closest relative in 399 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 July 2017): 42 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

235

The numbers add up to 235 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26, 42–43, 49–50. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 9 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 73% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,000,000
  • Match 56≈ 5.9 by chance$2,216
  • Match 4282≈ 332 by chance$65.50
  • Match 36,048≈ 6.5k by chance$5.00
  • Match 252,322≈ 52k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,638
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot34$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot285$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,025$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,243$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈435k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,048 winners, 7% fewer than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 56$2,216
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,638
    Match 4282$65.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot34$125
    Match 36,048$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot285$25.00
    Match 252,322$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,025$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,243$5.00
    Totals0—