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Lotto America · draw

Monday, 16 December 2024

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 34
  5. 50
  6. 8

Jackpot$17,480,000

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 867 of 1,155 under them

← 2024-12-14All recent draws2024-12-18 →

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 17 18 34 50 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread85th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 83 of each

587times
1788times
1877times
3486times
50

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 404kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$231.5Kto 43k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • match_2_1_b12%$28.2K
  • match_1_1_b27%$62.5K
  • match_0_1_b45%$105.2K
  • 4 other tiers15%$35.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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83times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

886times

Every number was expected about that many times after 866 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 (5, 34, 50) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 January 2022 — its closest relative in 866 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 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

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 39th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 23 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 0.9× 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 →
$17,480,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.14 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in2≈ 3.7 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in34≈ 33 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in193≈ 168 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in1,604≈ 1.5k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in2,584≈ 2.5k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in14,371≈ 14k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in23,851≈ 24k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈404k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 1,604 winners, 6% more than the 1.5k 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 Ball16,668$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball10,148$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball1,822$5.00
    Match 31,116$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball126$20.00
    Match 426$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball2$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$17,480,000
    match_0_1_b7,183$10.00
    match_1_1_b4,223$10.00
    match_2_1_b762$25.00
    match_3_0_b488$25.00
    match_3_1_b67$100
    match_4_0_b8$500
    match_4_1_b0$5,000
    match_5_0_b0$100,000