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Classic Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

ResultClassic Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 13
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 38

Jackpot$18,800,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 432 of 2,628 under them

← 2012-10-01All recent draws2012-10-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:51 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 4 13 17 18 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread47th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

249times
452times
1350times
1748times
18

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-03

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$18.8M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60$18,800,000
  2. Match 50$1,500
  3. Match 40

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54times
3846times

Every number was expected about that many times after 431 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 6 numbers (4, 17, 38) with the draw of 26 September 2012 — its closest relative in 431 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 October 2012): 13 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 43 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 40% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$70.00
  • Match 30$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$18,800,000
    Match 50$1,500
    Match 40$70.00
    Match 30$2.00