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Lotto · draw

Monday, 9 December 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 21
  4. 41
  5. 42
  6. 44

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 1,557 of 1,616 under them

← 2024-12-07All recent draws2024-12-12 →

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 feed8 18 21 41 42 4429 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 1,556 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 9 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

8175times
18174times
21207times
41161times
42

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-09

  • Lines in play≈ 232kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$118.7Kto 34k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 48.3%$9.9K
  • Match 314%$16.8K
  • Match 247%$55.9K
  • 6 other tiers30%$36.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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172times
44191times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,556 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 3 of 6 numbers (21, 42, 44) with the draw of 24 August 2024 — its closest relative in 1,556 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 December 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

174

The numbers add up to 174 — the 66th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

44 had not appeared for 46 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 61% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,500,000
  • Match 51≈ 3.2 by chance$7,530
  • Match 4177≈ 177 by chance$56.00
  • Match 33,360≈ 3.5k by chance$5.00
  • Match 227,946≈ 28k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$188,238
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,400
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot24$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot287$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot917$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,009$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈232k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,360 winners, 3% fewer than the 3.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$188,238
    Match 51$7,530
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,400
    Match 4177$56.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot24$125
    Match 33,360$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot287$25.00
    Match 227,946$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot917$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,009$5.00
    Totals33,724—