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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 26 April 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 27
  3. 28
  4. 39
  5. 42
  6. 52

Jackpot$11,750,000

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 520 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-04-23All recent draws2018-04-28 →

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 feed10 27 28 39 42 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 519 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 26 April 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

1066times
2762times
2857times
3955times
42

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-26

  • Lines in play≈ 671kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$210.1Kto 94k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$26K
  • Match 323%$47.9K
  • Match 238%$80.7K
  • 6 other tiers26%$55.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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60times
5255times

Every number was expected about that many times after 519 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 (10, 28, 42) with the draw of 5 April 2018 — its closest relative in 519 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 April 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

198

The numbers add up to 198 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

52 had not appeared for 20 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 62% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$11,750,000
  • Match 58≈ 9.1 by chance$2,321
  • Match 4490≈ 512 by chance$53.00
  • Match 39,577≈ 10k by chance$5.00
  • Match 280,650≈ 81k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,325
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot41$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot360$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,295$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,452$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈671k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,577 winners, 4% fewer than the 10k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$11,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 58$2,321
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,325
    Match 4490$53.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot41$125
    Match 39,577$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot360$25.00
    Match 280,650$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,295$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,452$5.00
    Totals0—