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Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 20 December 2017

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 32
  6. 2

Jackpot$16,580,000

The crowdHeld 3% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017draw 11 of 1,155 under them

← 2017-12-16All recent draws2017-12-23 →

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 feed5 12 23 24 32 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

53times
120times
231time
240times
32

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-20

  • Lines in play≈ 537kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$224.7Kto 57k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • match_5_0_b18%$40K
  • match_1_1_b21%$47.4K
  • match_0_1_b35%$78.9K
  • 5 other tiers26%$58.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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0times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

21time

Every number was expected about that many times after 10 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 1 of 5 numbers (5) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 December 2017 — its closest relative in 10 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2017): 5 carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 13th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 2 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 →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$16,580,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in1≈ 0.19 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in7≈ 4.9 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in64≈ 44 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in235≈ 223 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in2,475≈ 2.0k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in3,487≈ 3.3k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in18,952≈ 18k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in31,686≈ 32k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈537k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 2,475 winners, 23% more than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball23,919$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball14,196$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2,605$5.00
    Match 31,841$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball165$20.00
    Match 449$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball7$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$16,580,000
    match_0_1_b7,767$4.00
    match_1_1_b4,756$4.00
    match_2_1_b882$10.00
    match_3_0_b634$10.00
    match_3_1_b70$40.00
    match_4_0_b15$200
    match_4_1_b0$2,000
    match_5_0_b1$40,000