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Lotto · draw

Monday, 18 April 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 11
  3. 36
  4. 43
  5. 46
  6. 50

Jackpot$12,200,000

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 1,143 of 1,616 under them

← 2022-04-16All recent draws2022-04-21 →

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 11 36 43 46 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 1,142 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 18 April 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum83th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread70th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

7134times
11157times
36146times
43144times
46

Prize breakdown · 2022-04-18

  • Lines in play≈ 316kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$157.4Kto 46k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.4%$13.2K
  • Match 316%$25.2K
  • Match 248%$76K
  • 6 other tiers27%$43K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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124times
50140times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,142 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 5 of 6 numbers (7, 11, 36, 43, 50) with the draw of 2 February 2019 — its closest relative in 1,142 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 1.5% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 April 2022): 11, 36 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

193

The numbers add up to 193 — the 83th 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

7 had not appeared for 29 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$12,200,000
  • Match 59≈ 4.3 by chance$1,104
  • Match 4256≈ 241 by chance$51.50
  • Match 35,040≈ 4.7k by chance$5.00
  • Match 237,990≈ 38k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$27,588
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,288
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot53$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot325$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,118$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,174$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈316k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,040 winners, 7% more than the 4.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$12,200,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$27,588
    Match 59$1,104
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,288
    Match 4256$51.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot53$125
    Match 35,040$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot325$25.00
    Match 237,990$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,118$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,174$5.00
    Totals45,966—