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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 42
  7. 23

Jackpot$2,600,000

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010draw 831 of 1,672 under them

← 2018-09-29All recent draws2018-10-06 →

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 feed4 18 19 24 31 42 + 2329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 84 of each

488times
1883times
1990times
2481times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$12.6K
  • Match 433%$13.6K
  • Match 336%$14.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,600,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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103times
4279times

Every number was expected about that many times after 830 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 (4, 19, 24) with the draw of 18 July 2018 — its closest relative in 830 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 September 2018): 42 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 62% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.19 by chance
$262,552
  • Match 513≈ 10.0 by chance$968
  • Match 4718≈ 661 by chance$19.00
  • Match 314,724≈ 15k by chance$1.00
    • 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 — 718 winners, 9% more than the 661 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,600,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$262,552
    Match 513$968
    Match 4718$19.00
    Match 314,724$1.00
    Totals15,455—