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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 19
  5. 41
  6. 45

Jackpot$730,000

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 3,710 of 3,989 under them

← 2026-01-20All recent draws2026-01-22 →

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 16 17 19 41 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 454 of each

2457times
16492times
17467times
19432times
41

Prize breakdown · 2026-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 15Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$97.9Kto 27k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 545lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 181,179 winnerschance said 1.1

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1831%$30.3K
  • Match 4 of 1836%$34.9K
  • Match 3 of 613%$13.1K
  • 4 other tiers20%$19.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in1,179≈ 1.1 by chance

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438times
45464times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,709 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, 16, 19, 41) with the draw of 19 May 2023 — its closest relative in 3,709 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2026): 17 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 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 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 45% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$700,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in4,871≈ 274 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in14,388≈ 14k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 66,562≈ 262k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,500
  • Match 9 of 181$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1830$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18208$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈15M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 of 6 — 6,562 winners, 97% fewer than the 262k 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$700,000
    Match 5 of 66$1,000
    Match 4 of 6342$20.00
    Match 3 of 66,562$2.00
    Match 10+ of 180$2,500
    Match 9 of 181$1,000
    Match 8 of 1830$50.00
    Match 7 of 18208$25.00
    Match 6 of 181,179$10.00
    Match 5 of 184,865$5.00
    Match 4 of 1814,046$2.00
    Totals27,239—