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Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 8

Jackpot$2,160,000

The crowdHeld 8% 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 37 of 1,155 under them

← 2018-03-17All recent draws2018-03-24 →

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 feed6 18 25 26 28 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum19th
  • odd10th
  • low90th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

62times
186times
255times
263times
28

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-21

  • Lines in play≈ 403kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$357Kto 43k 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_b28%$100K
  • match_1_1_b17%$61.3K
  • match_0_1_b29%$102.2K
  • 5 other tiers26%$93.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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4times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

82times

Every number was expected about that many times after 36 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 (25, 26) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 25 November 2017 — its closest relative in 36 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 March 2018): 18 carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 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 →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,160,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in1≈ 0.14 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in8≈ 3.6 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in37≈ 33 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in204≈ 168 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in1,716≈ 1.5k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in2,761≈ 2.5k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in14,379≈ 14k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in23,810≈ 24k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈403k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 1,716 winners, 14% more than the 1.5k 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 Ball16,984$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball10,315$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball1,945$5.00
    Match 31,220$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball145$20.00
    Match 426$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball3$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$2,160,000
    match_0_1_b6,826$10.00
    match_1_1_b4,064$10.00
    match_2_1_b816$25.00
    match_3_0_b496$25.00
    match_3_1_b59$100
    match_4_0_b11$500
    match_4_1_b5$5,000
    match_5_0_b1$100,000