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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 18 January 2024

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 17
  4. 21
  5. 29
  6. 42

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,466 of 2,033 under them

← 2024-01-15All recent draws2024-01-22 →

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 feed1 3 17 21 29 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread72th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 179 of each

1203times
3196times
17192times
21163times
29

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$127.5Kto 26k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$40.5K
  • Match 430%$38.3K
  • Match 338%$48.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.10 by chance$16,000,000

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161times
42173times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,465 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 (17, 21, 29, 42) with the draw of 8 April 2021 — its closest relative in 1,465 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 January 2024): 1 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 13th 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

21 had not appeared for 23 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 30% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 539≈ 25 by chance$1,038
  • Match 41,235≈ 1.3k by chance$31.00
  • Match 324,356≈ 24k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,235 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$16,000,000
    Match 539$1,038
    Match 41,235$31.00
    Match 324,356$2.00
    Totals25,630—