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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 2 September 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 12
  5. 17
  6. 34

Jackpot$400,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020draw 772 of 1,077 under them

← 2017-08-30All recent draws2017-09-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 4 5 12 17 3429 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 771 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 September 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread62th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 116 of each

2115times
499times
5132times
12108times
17

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120times
34100times

Every number was expected about that many times after 771 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (2, 4, 12, 34) with the draw of 7 December 2016 — its closest relative in 771 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 August 2017): 34 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

74

The numbers add up to 74 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

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