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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Thursday, 20 January 2022

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 22
  5. 36
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,200,000

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 2,248 of 3,989 under them

← 2022-01-19All recent draws2022-01-21 →

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 15 20 22 36 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread22th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 275 of each

12252times
15298times
20270times
22277times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 21Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$144.9Kto 38k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 542lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 181,679 winnerschance said 1.5

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1831%$45.1K
  • Match 4 of 1834%$48.7K
  • Match 3 of 613%$18.9K
  • 4 other tiers22%$32.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in1,679≈ 1.5 by chance

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272times
42275times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,247 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 (12, 20, 36, 42) with the draw of 16 June 2014 — its closest relative in 2,247 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2022): 12, 15 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 6 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,200,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in6,628≈ 381 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in20,014≈ 20k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 69,454≈ 365k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,500
  • Match 9 of 186$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1843$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18291$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈21M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 of 6 — 9,454 winners, 97% fewer than the 365k 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$1,200,000
    Match 5 of 612$1,000
    Match 4 of 6479$20.00
    Match 3 of 69,454$2.00
    Match 10+ of 180$2,500
    Match 9 of 186$1,000
    Match 8 of 1843$50.00
    Match 7 of 18291$25.00
    Match 6 of 181,679$10.00
    Match 5 of 186,616$5.00
    Match 4 of 1819,535$2.00
    Totals38,115—