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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 4 January 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 24
  5. 33
  6. 52

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 472 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-01-01All recent draws2018-01-06 →

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 24 33 5229 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 471 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 4 January 2018 — 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.

  • sum41th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

1353times
1449times
1555times
2445times
33

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 526kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$165Kto 74k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$20.4K
  • Match 323%$38.2K
  • Match 238%$63.2K
  • 5 other tiers26%$43.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

59times
5249times

Every number was expected about that many times after 471 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 (13, 14, 15) with the draw of 25 December 2017 — its closest relative in 471 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2018): 15 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 41th 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

52 had not appeared for 26 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 64% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,250,000
  • Match 57≈ 7.1 by chance$2,088
  • Match 4375≈ 401 by chance$54.50
  • Match 37,638≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 263,191≈ 63k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot33$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot288$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,112$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,216$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈526k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,638 winners, 3% fewer than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 57$2,088
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4375$54.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot33$125
    Match 37,638$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot288$25.00
    Match 263,191$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,112$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,216$5.00
    Totals0—