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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 31
  5. 37
  6. 38

Jackpot$17,250,000

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 467 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-12-21All recent draws2017-12-25 →

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 11 12 31 37 3829 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 466 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 23 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread29th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

457times
1161times
1247times
3151times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 775kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$315.5Kto 108k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 318%$56.8K
  • Match 230%$93.2K
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot27%$84.1K
  • 7 other tiers26%$81.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

54times
3852times

Every number was expected about that many times after 466 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 (11, 31, 37) with the draw of 13 July 2017 — its closest relative in 466 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 23th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12, 37–38. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 14 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$17,250,000
  • Match 55≈ 11 by chance$3,366
  • Match 4585≈ 591 by chance$48.00
  • Match 311,368≈ 12k by chance$5.00
  • Match 293,156≈ 93k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot1$84,138
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,200
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot378$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,309$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,441$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈775k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,368 winners, 2% fewer than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$17,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot1$84,138
    Match 55$3,366
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,200
    Match 4585$48.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
    Match 311,368$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot378$25.00
    Match 293,156$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,309$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,441$5.00
    Totals0—