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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 2 January 2025

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 21
  3. 35
  4. 38
  5. 42
  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 1,567 of 1,616 under them

← 2024-12-30All recent draws2025-01-04 →

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 feed20 21 35 38 42 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 1,566 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 2 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 181 of each

20185times
21208times
35164times
38192times
42

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 325kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$171.5Kto 48k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.7%$15K
  • Match 314%$24.4K
  • Match 246%$78.2K
  • 6 other tiers31%$54K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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175times
46177times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,566 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 (21, 35, 38, 46) with the draw of 10 October 2016 — its closest relative in 1,566 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2024): 46 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

202

The numbers add up to 202 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 17 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 →
$8,000,000
  • Match 54≈ 4.4 by chance$2,849
  • Match 4263≈ 248 by chance$57.00
  • Match 34,871≈ 4.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 239,082≈ 39k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$71,213
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,425
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot52$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot376$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,313$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,573$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈325k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,871 winners, 0% 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$8,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$71,213
    Match 54$2,849
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,425
    Match 4263$57.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot52$125
    Match 34,871$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot376$25.00
    Match 239,082$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,313$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,573$5.00
    Totals47,538—