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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 April 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 28
  5. 42
  6. 44

Jackpot$2,600,000

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 986 of 1,616 under them

← 2021-04-15All recent draws2021-04-19 →

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 feed7 15 20 28 42 4429 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 985 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 17 April 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

74oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 74 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 94% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 114 of each

7119times
15107times
20112times
28123times
42

Prize breakdown · 2021-04-17

  • Lines in play≈ 332kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$170.7Kto 48k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.0%$13.6K
  • Match 315%$25.8K
  • Match 247%$79.8K
  • 6 other tiers30%$51.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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112times
44115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 985 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 (7, 15, 42, 44) with the draw of 12 April 2021 — its closest relative in 985 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 53% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 April 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 46th 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

28 had not appeared for 14 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,600,000
  • Match 57≈ 4.5 by chance$1,486
  • Match 4257≈ 253 by chance$53.00
  • Match 35,165≈ 5.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 239,914≈ 40k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$37,138
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot5$1,325
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot52$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot394$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,157$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,306$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈332k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,165 winners, 4% more than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,600,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$37,138
    Match 57$1,486
    Match 4 + Extra Shot5$1,325
    Match 4257$53.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot52$125
    Match 35,165$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot394$25.00
    Match 239,914$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,157$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,306$5.00
    Totals48,257—