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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 24
  5. 34
  6. 35

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 250 of 643 under them

← 2022-12-31All recent draws2023-01-07 →

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 16 17 24 34 3529 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 88% of every possible ticket.

  • sum49th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours92th
  • spread59th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

241times
1637times
1732times
2443times
34

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 340kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$73.0Kto 9.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$14.2K
  • Match 442%$31.0K
  • Match 338%$27.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$3,200,000
  2. Match 5

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37times
3537times

Every number was expected about that many times after 249 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 (2, 17, 24) with the draw of 26 October 2022 — its closest relative in 249 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 48th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 34–35. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 16 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
9≈ 14 by chance
$1,580
  • Match 4563≈ 613 by chance$55.00
  • Match 39,258≈ 9.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈340k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 563 winners, 8% fewer than the 613 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,200,000
    Match 59$1,580
    Match 4563$55.00
    Match 39,258$3.00
    Totals9,830—