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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 January 2024

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 17
  4. 23
  5. 28
  6. 29

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 2,978 of 3,989 under them

← 2024-01-19All recent draws2024-01-21 →

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 feed2 4 17 23 28 2929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 365 of each

2373times
4388times
17385times
23355times
28

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$101.1Kto 26k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 532lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 181,194 winnerschance said 0.99

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1833%$32.9K
  • Match 4 of 1833%$33.4K
  • Match 3 of 613%$13K
  • 4 other tiers22%$21.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in1,194≈ 0.99 by chance

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382times
29332times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,977 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 (2, 4, 28, 29) with the draw of 1 November 2023 — its closest relative in 2,977 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 January 2024): 2 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 13 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 →
$560,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in4,599≈ 255 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in13,406≈ 13k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 66,516≈ 244k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,500
  • Match 9 of 182$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1830$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18252$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 of 6 — 6,516 winners, 97% fewer than the 244k 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$560,000
    Match 5 of 610$1,000
    Match 4 of 6365$20.00
    Match 3 of 66,516$2.00
    Match 10+ of 180$2,500
    Match 9 of 182$1,000
    Match 8 of 1830$50.00
    Match 7 of 18252$25.00
    Match 6 of 181,194$10.00
    Match 5 of 184,589$5.00
    Match 4 of 1813,041$2.00
    Totals25,999—