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Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 3 January 2018

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 33
  5. 43
  6. 5

Jackpot$17,510,000

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 15 of 1,155 under them

← 2017-12-30All recent draws2018-01-06 →

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 feed3 18 22 33 43 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours33th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

30times
183times
223times
330times
43

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 625kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$328.5Kto 65k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • match_2_1_b12%$39.3K
  • match_1_1_b27%$87.7K
  • match_0_1_b45%$148K
  • 4 other tiers16%$53.6K
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

52times

Every number was expected about that many times after 14 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 (18) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 December 2017 — its closest relative in 14 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 34th 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 →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 7 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 1.0× 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 →
$17,510,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.22 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in5≈ 5.6 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in49≈ 51 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in247≈ 260 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in2,412≈ 2.3k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in3,968≈ 3.9k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in21,317≈ 21k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in36,870≈ 37k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈625k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 2,412 winners, 3% more than the 2.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball27,590$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball15,688$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2,995$5.00
    Match 31,770$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball189$20.00
    Match 436$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball4$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$17,510,000
    match_0_1_b9,280$10.00
    match_1_1_b5,629$10.00
    match_2_1_b973$25.00
    match_3_0_b642$25.00
    match_3_1_b58$100
    match_4_0_b13$500
    match_4_1_b1$5,000
    match_5_0_b0$100,000