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Classic Lotto 47 · draw

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

ResultClassic Lotto 47

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 26
  6. 37

Jackpot$3,050,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/47 · since Apr 2010draw 902 of 1,881 under them

← 2018-12-01All recent draws2018-12-08 →

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 feed15 16 22 23 26 3729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 43% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap22th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 115 of each

15105times
1698times
22108times
23111times
26

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 447kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$109.7Kto 9.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 48lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 516%$17.5K
  • Match 444%$47.8K
  • Match 340%$44.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$3,050,000
  2. Match 5

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111times
37111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 901 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 6 numbers (15, 22, 23) with the draw of 17 November 2018 — its closest relative in 901 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2018): 16 carried over. Chance says 58% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 144. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 22–23. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 8 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 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7≈ 10 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4478≈ 512 by chance$100
  • Match 38,877≈ 8.9k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈447k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 478 winners, 7% fewer than the 512 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,050,000
    Match 57$2,500
    Match 4478$100
    Match 38,877$5.00
    Totals9,362—