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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 January 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 24
  3. 32
  4. 37
  5. 40
  6. 47

Jackpot$4,000,000

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 479 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-01-18All recent draws2018-01-22 →

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 feed17 24 32 37 40 4729 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 478 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 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 55 of each

1754times
2446times
3238times
3757times
40

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 461kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$148.5Kto 65k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$19.3K
  • Match 324%$35K
  • Match 237%$55.4K
  • 5 other tiers26%$38.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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52times
4750times

Every number was expected about that many times after 478 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 (17, 24, 32, 37) with the draw of 8 October 2016 — its closest relative in 478 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2018): 32 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

197

The numbers add up to 197 — the 85th 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

47 had not appeared for 10 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 →
$4,000,000
  • Match 57≈ 6.2 by chance$1,963
  • Match 4339≈ 351 by chance$57.00
  • Match 36,997≈ 6.9k by chance$5.00
  • Match 255,368≈ 55k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot31$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot240$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot925$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,186$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 ≈461k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,997 winners, 2% more than the 6.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 57$1,963
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4339$57.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot31$125
    Match 36,997$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot240$25.00
    Match 255,368$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot925$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,186$5.00
    Totals0—