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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 24 December 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 19
  3. 24
  4. 29
  5. 37
  6. 50

Jackpot$2,450,000

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 937 of 1,616 under them

← 2020-12-21All recent draws2020-12-26 →

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 19 24 29 37 5029 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 936 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 24 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread26th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 108 of each

17110times
19113times
24107times
29110times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-24

  • Lines in play≈ 521kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$175.4Kto 74k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$20K
  • Match 322%$38.2K
  • Match 236%$62.6K
  • 6 other tiers31%$54.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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97times
50108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 936 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 (29, 37, 50) with the draw of 6 June 2020 — its closest relative in 936 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

176

The numbers add up to 176 — the 68th 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

37 had not appeared for 52 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,450,000
  • Match 53≈ 7.1 by chance$4,795
  • Match 4413≈ 397 by chance$48.50
  • Match 37,630≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 262,585≈ 63k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$119,875
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,213
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot47$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot413$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,468$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,628$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈521k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,630 winners, 2% fewer than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,450,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$119,875
    Match 53$4,795
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,213
    Match 4413$48.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot47$125
    Match 37,630$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot413$25.00
    Match 262,585$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,468$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,628$5.00
    Totals74,188—