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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
US · ball game
Latest drawSaturday, 10 October 2026
Jackpot$2,100,000
Top prizeNot won — 2 draws unwonnext draw advertised at $2,150,000
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 11 Oct 2026, 04:12 UTC.
5 numbers from 1–52, plus 1 from 1–10. 1,151 draws held here since 2017-11-15.
Your numbers, read by every tool
Type the numbers you always play. Has the line ever come up? How close has Lotto America come? What has each number done, what does the line look like, and has the same set turned up anywhere else in the world?
Every tool, for this game
Each one opens with Lotto America already selected. The line under every title is true of this game’s rules right now — not a promise about its next draw.

In 1,151 draws every number is expected about 111 times, and a ball favoured by more than 37% over its share would already have shown — see which ones strayed, and how far chance allows.

A number waits 10 draws on average; 5% of the time it waits 31 or more. It is never “due”.

The 5 numbers add up to about 133, give or take 32. Most tickets sit in that bell — and so do most draws.

34.1% of draws contain two numbers side by side. That is the rules talking, not luck.

1,326 possible pairs, each expected together 8.7 times so far — and about 13 will look “special” by chance alone.

All 52 numbers as a constellation of who appeared with whom — indistinguishable from a shuffled sky.

41% of draws repeat a number from the draw before. A whole draw repeating: 22.5% likely by now.

Sorted, the numbers sit about 8.8 apart on average — and every “spread” you can name is exactly as likely as every other.

It takes about 46 draws for every one of the 52 numbers to appear at least once. The last few are the slow ones.

25,989,600 possible tickets. Every one has a face — and a typicality score you can look up.

Seven independent tests of randomness run live against all 1,151 draws. Any of them can fail; watch whether they do.

The lowest number lands near 9, the highest near 44. Position is a property of sorting, not of the balls.

5/52 rescaled onto the same axes as every other game here. One law, many machines.

Six documented cases of a beaten lottery. Not one involved patterns in past draws.

What the world believes about 7, 8, 13 and 17 — and what every machine says back.

At 30 million tickets, an average line keeps about 9% of a jackpot it wins. Unpopular numbers keep more — and still lose money.

A full wheel of 10 numbers here is 252 tickets. A guarantee is real; a profit is not.

Five folk claims about 5/52 games, each answered with the closed form that kills it — never a tip for the next draw.
Take the record with youRSSJSON feedCSV, every drawDraw nights, in your calendarAPI

Lock a past-only rule, score it on later draws, and compare every hit with the exact 5-of-52 overlap law.

This is a without-replacement ball game; the Digit Laboratory is for Pick 3 and Pick 4.
Not for this game
The Chernoff Map reads the straight tier of a digit game, which counts tickets on one exact number; a ball game has no such row.
Not for this game
This game draws once a day, so it has no second draw to compare its first with.
Not for this gameThis draw, read by every tool
What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 10 October 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,150 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (16, 21, 23) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 July 2026 — its closest relative in 1,150 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (7 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 70 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →9 had not appeared for 25 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 3.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈230k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 0 + Star Ball xB — 5,955 winners, 95% fewer than the 122k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| 5 + Star Ball | 0 | $2,100,000 |
| 5 | 0 | $20,000 |
| 4 + Star Ball | 1 | $1,000 |
| 4 | 23 | $100 |
| 3 + Star Ball | 111 | $20.00 |
| 3 | 1,016 | $5.00 |
| 2 + Star Ball | 1,583 | $5.00 |
| 1 + Star Ball | 8,176 | $2.00 |
| 0 + Star Ball | 13,556 | $2.00 |
| 5 xB | 0 | $60,000 |
| 4 + Star Ball xB | 0 | $3,000 |
| 4 xB | 10 | $300 |
| 3 + Star Ball xB | 42 | $60.00 |
| 3 xB | 481 | $15.00 |
| 2 + Star Ball xB | 663 | $15.00 |
| 1 + Star Ball xB | 3,653 | $6.00 |
| 0 + Star Ball xB | 5,955 | $6.00 |
The side bet sold beside the ticket. How many people buy it is not published; the prize table gives it away, because a multiplied outcome is reported twice — once for the tickets that paid the extra, once for those that did not.
31 draws, 2025-12-31 to 2026-08-22 · read at m0b1
This add-on changes the odds rather than the prize, so it has no multiplier to price. Take-up only.
What the top prize has been, draw by draw. It climbs while nobody wins and drops to the floor when somebody does — the sawtooth every rollover game draws.
The jackpot has gone 3 draws without a winner. The typical wait here is 68.6 draws.
Happenedwhat chance predicts
Completed waits between wins, against the geometric law those waits follow if every draw is an independent chance at the jackpot. The law takes its one parameter from the waits themselves, so this compares shape, not level.
Open any draw to read it by every tool — the same six readings the latest result gets above, each against what chance predicted at the time.
These waits do not fall away from zero the way the law does — they pile up in the middle. That is what happens when the chance of a win is not the same on every draw of a run: few tickets are sold when the prize is small, and so many when it is enormous that a win becomes close to certain. The wait is more predictable than a constant chance allows, and less predictable than it feels.
| Draws waited | Happened | Chance says |
|---|---|---|
| 0–13 | 0 | 2.9 |
| 14–27 | 5 | 2.4 |
| 28–41 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 42–55 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 56–69 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 70–83 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 84–97 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 98–111 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 112–125 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 126–139 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 140+ | 3 | 2.1 |
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,150 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.
Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,149 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (7, 10, 20) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 April 2022 — its closest relative in 1,149 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (5 October 2026): 19 carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 99 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →20 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 5% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,148 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (22, 37, 47) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 June 2026 — its closest relative in 1,148 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (3 October 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 2 repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 126 — the 42th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →19 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 97% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,147 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (12, 13, 40) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 August 2025 — its closest relative in 1,147 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (30 September 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 2 repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 135 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →40 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 13% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,146 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (16, 39, 48) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 27 April 2024 — its closest relative in 1,146 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (28 September 2026): 39 carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 164 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →38 had not appeared for 39 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,145 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (12, 39, 45) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 January 2024 — its closest relative in 1,145 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (26 September 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 150 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →12 had not appeared for 26 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,144 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (22, 31, 51) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 June 2025 — its closest relative in 1,144 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (23 September 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 180 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →51 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,143 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (24, 32, 41) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 May 2026 — its closest relative in 1,143 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (21 September 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 158 — the 78th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →48 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,142 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (33, 45, 49) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 22 August 2020 — its closest relative in 1,142 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (19 September 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 172 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →23 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 74 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,141 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (21, 27, 44) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 September 2026 — its closest relative in 1,141 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (16 September 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 130 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →14 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,140 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (22, 33, 50) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 6 April 2026 — its closest relative in 1,140 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (14 September 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 140 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →50 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 9% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 67% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,139 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 →Shares 3 of 5 numbers (10, 47, 52) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 11 January 2025 — its closest relative in 1,139 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (12 September 2026): 52 carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 136 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →26 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →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 9% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →