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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 6 December 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 40

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 616 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-12-03All recent draws2018-12-08 →

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 3 23 28 31 4029 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 615 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 6 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

158times
360times
2366times
2870times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-06

  • Lines in play≈ 497kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$160.6Kto 70k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$18K
  • Match 323%$36.8K
  • Match 237%$59.8K
  • 6 other tiers29%$45.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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75times
4069times

Every number was expected about that many times after 615 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 (3, 28, 40) with the draw of 5 November 2018 — its closest relative in 615 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 December 2018): 1 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 17th 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

31 had not appeared for 8 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,250,000
  • Match 53≈ 6.7 by chance$4,301
  • Match 4339≈ 379 by chance$53.00
  • Match 37,368≈ 7.4k by chance$5.00
  • Match 259,814≈ 60k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,325
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot37$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot303$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,080$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,212$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈497k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,368 winners, 1% fewer than the 7.4k 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 53$4,301
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,325
    Match 4339$53.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot37$125
    Match 37,368$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot303$25.00
    Match 259,814$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,080$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,212$5.00
    Totals0—