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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 13
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 29
  6. 31

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

Rules6/42 · since Aug 2020draw 245 of 643 under them

← 2022-12-14All recent draws2022-12-21 →

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 feed9 13 16 20 29 3129 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2022 — 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.

  • sum35th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

936times
1329times
1636times
2036times
29

Prize breakdown · 2022-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 313kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$66.3Kto 9.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$12.8K
  • Match 442%$28.0K
  • Match 339%$25.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$2,775,000
  2. Match 5

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36times
3128times

Every number was expected about that many times after 244 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 (9, 29, 31) with the draw of 12 November 2022 — its closest relative in 244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2022): 16 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 26 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 1.7× 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
14≈ 13 by chance
$911
  • Match 4518≈ 564 by chance$54.00
  • Match 38,523≈ 8.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈313k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 518 winners, 8% fewer than the 564 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,775,000
    Match 514$911
    Match 4518$54.00
    Match 38,523$3.00
    Totals9,055—