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Lotto America · draw

Saturday, 17 February 2018

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 40
  2. 41
  3. 47
  4. 49
  5. 51
  6. 10

Jackpot$21,200,000

The crowdHeld 9% less 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 28 of 1,155 under them

← 2018-02-14All recent draws2018-02-21 →

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 feed40 41 47 49 51 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

11oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 11 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum100th
  • odd90th
  • low1th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread0th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

404times
412times
474times
492times
51

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-17

  • Lines in play≈ 707kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$222.7Kto 70k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • match_2_1_b11%$25.1K
  • match_1_1_b25%$55.1K
  • match_0_1_b48%$106.8K
  • 4 other tiers16%$35.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.03 by chance

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3times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

101time

Every number was expected about that many times after 27 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 2 of 5 numbers (40, 49) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 10 January 2018 — its closest relative in 27 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 February 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 10 repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

228

The numbers add up to 228 — the 100th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

47 had not appeared for 10 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$21,200,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.24 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in6≈ 6.4 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in61≈ 58 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in248≈ 294 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in2,303≈ 2.6k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in3,958≈ 4.4k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in21,849≈ 24k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in41,740≈ 42k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈707k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 2,303 winners, 13% fewer than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball30,060$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball16,142$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2,905$5.00
    Match 31,648$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball183$20.00
    Match 446$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$21,200,000
    match_0_1_b11,680$4.00
    match_1_1_b5,707$4.00
    match_2_1_b1,053$10.00
    match_3_0_b655$10.00
    match_3_1_b65$40.00
    match_4_0_b15$200
    match_4_1_b1$2,000
    match_5_0_b0$40,000