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Lotto · draw

Monday, 3 December 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 20
  4. 22
  5. 41
  6. 51

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 615 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-12-01All recent draws2018-12-06 →

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 feed1 2 20 22 41 5129 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 614 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 3 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread98th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

157times
283times
2073times
2262times
41

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-03

  • Lines in play≈ 386kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$124.5Kto 54k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$14.9K
  • Match 322%$27.6K
  • Match 237%$46.4K
  • 5 other tiers29%$35.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

49times
5179times

Every number was expected about that many times after 614 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 (2, 20, 41, 51) with the draw of 28 June 2018 — its closest relative in 614 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 38% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2018): 51 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 13 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 49% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 5.2 by chance$10,627
  • Match 4257≈ 295 by chance$58.00
  • Match 35,514≈ 5.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 246,446≈ 46k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot36$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot259$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot882$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,024$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 ≈386k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,514 winners, 4% fewer than the 5.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 51$10,627
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4257$58.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot36$125
    Match 35,514$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot259$25.00
    Match 246,446$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot882$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,024$5.00
    Totals0—