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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 January 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 24
  3. 32
  4. 40
  5. 46
  6. 48

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 1,262 of 1,616 under them

← 2023-01-19All recent draws2023-01-23 →

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 24 32 40 46 4829 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 1,261 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 21 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 146 of each

17148times
24145times
32129times
40146times
46

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 323kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$170.3Kto 47k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.8%$15K
  • Match 314%$24.6K
  • Match 246%$77.8K
  • 6 other tiers31%$52.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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139times
48133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,261 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 (17, 32, 40, 48) with the draw of 27 October 2018 — its closest relative in 1,261 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2023): 48 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

207

The numbers add up to 207 — the 91th 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

24 had not appeared for 22 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 73% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$8,150,000
  • Match 57≈ 4.4 by chance$1,634
  • Match 4310≈ 247 by chance$48.50
  • Match 34,922≈ 4.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 238,878≈ 39k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$40,850
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot6$1,213
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot348$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,244$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,506$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈323k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,922 winners, 2% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,150,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$40,850
    Match 57$1,634
    Match 4 + Extra Shot6$1,213
    Match 4310$48.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
    Match 34,922$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot348$25.00
    Match 238,878$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,244$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,506$5.00
    Totals47,265—