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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 25 January 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 29
  5. 30
  6. 41

Jackpot$2,000,000

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 481 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-01-22All recent draws2018-01-27 →

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 feed9 18 24 29 30 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 480 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 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 55 of each

947times
1854times
2447times
2956times
30

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-25

  • Lines in play≈ 441kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$139Kto 62k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$16.4K
  • Match 324%$33.4K
  • Match 238%$53K
  • 6 other tiers26%$36.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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63times
4139times

Every number was expected about that many times after 480 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 (9, 18, 24, 29) with the draw of 18 August 2016 — its closest relative in 480 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 January 2018): nothing 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: 29–30. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 22 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,000,000
  • Match 55≈ 6.0 by chance$2,338
  • Match 4376≈ 336 by chance$43.50
  • Match 36,684≈ 6.6k by chance$5.00
  • Match 252,996≈ 53k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,088
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot32$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot256$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot828$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot957$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈441k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,684 winners, 2% more than the 6.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 55$2,338
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,088
    Match 4376$43.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot32$125
    Match 36,684$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot256$25.00
    Match 252,996$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot828$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot957$5.00
    Totals0—