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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 4 January 2018

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 17
  3. 26
  4. 35
  5. 38
  6. 41

Jackpot$6,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 836 of 2,033 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, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 17 26 35 38 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

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.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

6108times
17108times
2698times
35112times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-04

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$6.0M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$6,000,000
  2. Match 50$2,718
  3. Match 40$65.00

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103times
4193times

Every number was expected about that many times after 835 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 4 of 6 numbers (6, 17, 35, 38) with the draw of 8 January 2015 — its closest relative in 835 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2018): 38 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

163

The numbers add up to 163 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 12 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 30$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,000,000
    Match 50$2,718
    Match 40$65.00
    Match 30$3.00
    Match 2 + XTRA0—
    Totals0—