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Pick 6 · draw

Monday, 8 January 2018

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 30

Jackpot$6,200,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 837 of 2,033 under them

← 2018-01-04All recent draws2018-01-11 →

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 feed2 14 16 17 18 3029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

21oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 21 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd5th
  • low94th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

2123times
14109times
16107times
17109times
18

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-08

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$6.2M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$6,200,000
  2. Match 50$2,026
  3. Match 40$47.00

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97times
3095times

Every number was expected about that many times after 836 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 (14, 16, 17) with the draw of 11 September 2017 — its closest relative in 836 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2018): 17 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 17–18. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 37 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 18% 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$6,200,000
    Match 50$2,026
    Match 40$47.00
    Match 30$3.00
    Match 2 + XTRA0—
    Totals0—