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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 33
  5. 35
  6. 40

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 254 of 643 under them

← 2023-01-14All recent draws2023-01-21 →

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 feed14 20 21 33 35 4029 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

1434times
2037times
2141times
3329times
35

Prize breakdown · 2023-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 151kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33.4Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$6.6K
  • Match 443%$14.5K
  • Match 337%$12.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$550,000
  2. Match 5

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38times
4031times

Every number was expected about that many times after 253 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 (14, 20, 35) with the draw of 3 September 2022 — its closest relative in 253 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

163

The numbers add up to 163 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 6.2 by chance
$1,096
  • Match 4259≈ 272 by chance$56.00
  • Match 34,116≈ 4.1k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈151k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,116 winners, 0% more than the 4.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$550,000
    Match 56$1,096
    Match 4259$56.00
    Match 34,116$3.00
    Totals4,381—