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Lotto America · draw

Monday, 18 March 2024

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 19
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 31
  5. 44
  6. 2

Jackpot$2,250,000

The crowdHeld 6% 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 750 of 1,155 under them

← 2024-03-16All recent draws2024-03-20 →

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 feed19 23 24 31 44 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

1972times
2370times
2470times
3173times
44

Prize breakdown · 2024-03-18

  • Lines in play≈ 218kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$98Kto 23k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • match_2_1_b12%$11.5K
  • match_1_1_b26%$25K
  • match_0_1_b44%$42.9K
  • 4 other tiers19%$18.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.01 by chance

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59times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

277times

Every number was expected about that many times after 749 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 3 of 5 numbers (23, 24, 44) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 20 January 2024 — its closest relative in 749 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 March 2024): 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

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 60th 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

44 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 →

How many people held it

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 →
$2,250,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.08 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in4≈ 2.0 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in22≈ 18 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in101≈ 91 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in884≈ 817 by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in1,403≈ 1.4k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in7,574≈ 7.5k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in12,874≈ 13k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈218k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 884 winners, 8% more than the 817 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 Ball8,587$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball5,107$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball959$5.00
    Match 3599$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball73$20.00
    Match 412$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball4$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$2,250,000
    match_0_1_b4,287$6.00
    match_1_1_b2,467$6.00
    match_2_1_b444$15.00
    match_3_0_b285$15.00
    match_3_1_b28$60.00
    match_4_0_b10$300
    match_4_1_b0$3,000
    match_5_0_b0$60,000