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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 16
  4. 25
  5. 28
  6. 38

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 332 of 644 under them

← 2023-10-14All recent draws2023-10-21 →

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 feed8 10 16 25 28 3829 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread41th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 47 of each

852times
1050times
1652times
2549times
28

Prize breakdown · 2023-10-18

  • Lines in play≈ 187kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.7Kto 5.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$7.3K
  • Match 442%$16.1K
  • Match 339%$15.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$825,000
  2. Match 5

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56times
3853times

Every number was expected about that many times after 331 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 4 of 6 numbers (8, 10, 16, 28) with the draw of 12 February 2022 — its closest relative in 331 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 46% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 October 2023): 8, 16 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 44th 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

28 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 7.7 by chance
$1,465
  • Match 4357≈ 337 by chance$45.00
  • Match 35,087≈ 5.1k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈187k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,087 winners, 0% more than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$825,000
    Match 55$1,465
    Match 4357$45.00
    Match 35,087$3.00
    Totals5,449—