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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 3 January 2026

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 27
  6. 41

Jackpot$500,000

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 562 of 643 under them

← 2025-12-31All recent draws2026-01-07 →

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 feed1 14 18 20 27 414 Oct 2026, 18:16 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

181times
1477times
1877times
2087times
27

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 164kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$810.7Kto 4.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 696%$775.0K
  • Match 41.9%$15.4K
  • Match 31.6%$13.4K
  • 1 other tier0.9%$7.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.03 by chance$775,000

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95times
4171times

Every number was expected about that many times after 561 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 (1, 18, 20, 27) with the draw of 17 July 2021 — its closest relative in 561 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2025): 14 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 38th 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

1 had not appeared for 11 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 57≈ 6.7 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4307≈ 295 by chance$50.00
  • Match 34,453≈ 4.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈164k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,453 winners, 0% more than the 4.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$775,000
    Match 57$1,000
    Match 4307$50.00
    Match 34,453$3.00
    Totals4,768—