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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Friday, 5 January 2018

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 36
  6. 43

Jackpot$590,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 772 of 3,987 under them

← 2018-01-04All recent draws2018-01-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 13 17 18 36 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread25th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 94 of each

1278times
1395times
17102times
1895times
36

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82times
4396times

Every number was expected about that many times after 771 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 (13, 17, 18, 43) with the draw of 7 October 2017 — its closest relative in 771 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 53% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2018): 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13, 17–18. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 28 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 53% of the jackpot.

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

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