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Classic Lotto · draw

Monday, 20 December 2021

ResultClassic Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 13
  5. 16
  6. 27

Jackpot$18,700,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,874 of 2,629 under them

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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 feed5 8 9 13 16 2729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 December 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 7% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd77th
  • low94th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread5th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 229 of each

5213times
8203times
9241times
13214times
16

Prize breakdown · 2021-12-20

  • Paid out$0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$18.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60$18,700,000
  2. Match 50$1,500
  3. Match 40

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242times
27213times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,873 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 (5, 8, 9, 16) with the draw of 10 March 2018 — its closest relative in 1,873 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 December 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 34 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% 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$18,700,000
    Match 50$1,500
    Match 40$70.00
    Match 30$2.00