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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Saturday, 4 January 2020

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 27
  6. 38

Jackpot$860,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 1,501 of 3,989 under them

← 2020-01-03All recent draws2020-01-05 →

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 feed5 17 18 21 27 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 184 of each

5175times
17200times
18196times
21192times
27

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 17Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$118.9Kto 32k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 538lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 181,389 winnerschance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1832%$37.6K
  • Match 4 of 1835%$41.3K
  • Match 3 of 613%$15.7K
  • 4 other tiers20%$24.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in1,389≈ 1.2 by chance

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203times
38206times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,500 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, 18, 27, 38) with the draw of 17 November 2018 — its closest relative in 1,500 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 77% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2020): 5 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 23th 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

38 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$860,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in5,737≈ 316 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in16,596≈ 17k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 67,843≈ 302k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,500
  • Match 9 of 182$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1835$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18263$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈17M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 of 6 — 7,843 winners, 97% fewer than the 302k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 of 60$860,000
    Match 5 of 69$1,000
    Match 4 of 6452$20.00
    Match 3 of 67,843$2.00
    Match 10+ of 180$2,500
    Match 9 of 182$1,000
    Match 8 of 1835$50.00
    Match 7 of 18263$25.00
    Match 6 of 181,389$10.00
    Match 5 of 185,728$5.00
    Match 4 of 1816,144$2.00
    Totals31,865—