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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 6 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 6
  4. 14
  5. 23
  6. 34

Jackpot$250,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020draw 886 of 1,077 under them

← 2018-10-03All recent draws2018-10-10 →

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 feed3 5 6 14 23 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 885 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 6 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

3137times
5151times
6131times
14136times
23

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132times
34128times

Every number was expected about that many times after 885 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 (3, 14, 23, 34) with the draw of 24 August 2013 — its closest relative in 885 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 October 2018): 5, 6 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

85

The numbers add up to 85 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 21 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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