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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 27 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 16
  4. 25
  5. 37
  6. 38

Jackpot$350,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020draw 805 of 1,077 under them

← 2017-12-23All recent draws2017-12-30 →

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 feed4 7 16 25 37 3829 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 804 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 27 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

84oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 84 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

4103times
7120times
16116times
25131times
37

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127times
38120times

Every number was expected about that many times after 804 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 (7, 16, 25, 38) with the draw of 15 August 2012 — its closest relative in 804 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 December 2017): 37 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 20 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

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