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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 12 January 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 38
  6. 46

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 1,258 of 1,616 under them

← 2023-01-09All recent draws2023-01-14 →

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 9 16 21 38 4629 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 1,257 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 12 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 145 of each

7148times
9129times
16190times
21158times
38

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-12

  • Lines in play≈ 438kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$218Kto 64k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.0%$17.5K
  • Match 315%$33.7K
  • Match 248%$105.4K
  • 6 other tiers28%$61.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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156times
46138times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,257 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, 9, 16, 46) with the draw of 9 November 2017 — its closest relative in 1,257 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 January 2023): 21, 38 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. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

46 had not appeared for 9 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 44% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,550,000
  • Match 54≈ 5.9 by chance$3,302
  • Match 4373≈ 334 by chance$47.00
  • Match 36,741≈ 6.5k by chance$5.00
  • Match 252,717≈ 53k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$82,550
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,175
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot69$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot507$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,556$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,550$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈438k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,741 winners, 3% more than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,550,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$82,550
    Match 54$3,302
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,175
    Match 4373$47.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot69$125
    Match 36,741$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot507$25.00
    Match 252,717$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,556$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,550$5.00
    Totals63,520—