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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 14 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 29
  4. 34
  5. 38
  6. 41

Jackpot$16,250,000

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 463 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-12-11All recent draws2017-12-16 →

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 feed4 13 29 34 38 4129 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 462 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 14 December 2017 — 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.

  • sum50th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

455times
1349times
2955times
3460times
38

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-14

  • Lines in play≈ 657kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$206.9Kto 92k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$25.6K
  • Match 322%$46.5K
  • Match 238%$79K
  • 6 other tiers27%$55.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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51times
4137times

Every number was expected about that many times after 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 (4, 13, 34, 38) with the draw of 26 November 2016 — its closest relative in 462 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

159

The numbers add up to 159 — the 49th 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

29 had not appeared for 27 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 71% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$16,250,000
  • Match 59≈ 8.9 by chance$2,054
  • Match 4483≈ 501 by chance$53.00
  • Match 39,304≈ 9.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 278,967≈ 79k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,325
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot26$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot356$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,260$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,451$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈657k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,304 winners, 5% fewer than the 9.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$16,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 59$2,054
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,325
    Match 4483$53.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot26$125
    Match 39,304$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot356$25.00
    Match 278,967$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,260$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,451$5.00
    Totals0—