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Big Sky Bonus · draw

Tuesday, 2 January 2018

ResultBig Sky Bonus

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 16

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024draw 411 of 2,889 under them

← 2018-01-01All recent draws2018-01-03 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 11 18 19 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Big Sky Bonus was a 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 410 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 2 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd47th
  • low47th
  • widest gap17th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread10th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

862times
1156times
1865times
1947times
Stars · a separate 1-of-17 machine

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Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1625times

Every number was expected about that many times after 410 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (8, 11, 18) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 26 August 2017 — its closest relative in 410 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2018): 11, 18 carried over. Chance says 44% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (6% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

56

The numbers add up to 56 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 64. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 7 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

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