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Lotto · draw

Monday, 18 September 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 26
  5. 31
  6. 35

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 1,365 of 1,616 under them

← 2023-09-16All recent draws2023-09-21 →

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 feed6 20 22 26 31 3529 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 1,364 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 September 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 157 of each

6162times
20159times
22150times
26168times
31

Prize breakdown · 2023-09-18

  • Lines in play≈ 398kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$197.3Kto 58k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.3%$16.5K
  • Match 315%$30K
  • Match 248%$95.6K
  • 6 other tiers28%$55.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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156times
35145times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,364 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 (6, 20, 26, 35) with the draw of 6 May 2017 — its closest relative in 1,364 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 65% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 29th 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

6 had not appeared for 58 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$23,600,000
  • Match 54≈ 5.4 by chance$3,096
  • Match 4294≈ 303 by chance$56.00
  • Match 36,000≈ 5.9k by chance$5.00
  • Match 247,820≈ 48k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$77,400
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,400
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot56$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot450$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,394$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,557$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈398k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,000 winners, 1% more than the 5.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$23,600,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$77,400
    Match 54$3,096
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,400
    Match 4294$56.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot56$125
    Match 36,000$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot450$25.00
    Match 247,820$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,394$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,557$5.00
    Totals57,577—