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Lotto · draw

Monday, 18 December 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 26
  3. 35
  4. 40
  5. 45
  6. 47

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 1,404 of 1,616 under them

← 2023-12-16All recent draws2023-12-21 →

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 feed2 26 35 40 45 4729 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 1,403 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 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap90th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 162 of each

2172times
26171times
35151times
40163times
45

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 243kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$126.0Kto 35k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 48.9%$11.3K
  • Match 314%$17.2K
  • Match 246%$58.5K
  • 6 other tiers31%$39.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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169times
47157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,403 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 (35, 40, 45, 47) with the draw of 19 December 2022 — its closest relative in 1,403 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2023): 47 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

195

The numbers add up to 195 — the 84th 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

26 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 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 71% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,550,000
  • Match 52≈ 3.3 by chance$4,265
  • Match 4183≈ 185 by chance$61.50
  • Match 33,432≈ 3.6k by chance$5.00
  • Match 229,226≈ 29k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$106,625
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,538
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot31$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot263$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot965$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,177$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈243k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,432 winners, 5% fewer than the 3.6k 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$106,625
    Match 52$4,265
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,538
    Match 4183$61.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot31$125
    Match 33,432$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot263$25.00
    Match 229,226$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot965$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,177$5.00
    Totals35,282—