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MultiMatch · draw

Thursday, 4 January 2018

ResultMultiMatch

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 12
  6. 24

Jackpot$2,500,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022draw 809 of 1,318 under them

← 2018-01-01All recent draws2018-01-08 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 5 7 8 12 2429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

MultiMatch was a 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 808 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 113 of each

4109times
5103times
7108times
893times
12

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99times
24110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 808 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 4 of 6 numbers (4, 5, 8, 12) with the draw of 27 January 2014 — its closest relative in 808 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 62% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 132. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5, 7–8. 55% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 28 draws. A number waits about 7 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 3.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →