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Lotto · draw

Monday, 25 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 19
  5. 21
  6. 26

Jackpot$17,500,000

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 468 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-12-23All recent draws2017-12-28 →

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 feed13 14 15 19 21 2629 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 467 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 25 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

12oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 12 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd79th
  • low99th
  • widest gap0th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread0th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

1352times
1448times
1553times
1962times
21

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-25

  • Lines in play≈ 512kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$159.7Kto 72k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$18.3K
  • Match 324%$39K
  • Match 239%$61.5K
  • 6 other tiers26%$40.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

55times
2654times

Every number was expected about that many times after 467 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 (13, 19, 21, 26) with the draw of 16 November 2017 — its closest relative in 467 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14, 14–15. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 18 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$17,500,000
  • Match 56≈ 6.9 by chance$2,192
  • Match 4442≈ 390 by chance$41.50
  • Match 37,799≈ 7.6k by chance$5.00
  • Match 261,529≈ 62k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,038
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot37$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot290$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot957$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,042$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈512k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,799 winners, 2% more than the 7.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$17,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 56$2,192
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,038
    Match 4442$41.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot37$125
    Match 37,799$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot290$25.00
    Match 261,529$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot957$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,042$5.00
    Totals0—