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Treasure Hunt · draw

Thursday, 9 January 2020

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 12
  4. 16
  5. 23

Jackpot$106,000

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

Rules5/30 · since Apr 2010draw 3,190 of 5,673 under them

← 2020-01-08All recent draws2020-01-10 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 8 12 16 2329 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd33th
  • low67th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 532 of each

7565times
8495times
12554times
16528times
23

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-09

  • Lines in play≈ 199kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$181Kto 37k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • Match 559%$106K
  • Match 314%$25.5K
  • Match 218%$32.2K
  • 1 other tier10%$17.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 1.4 by chance$35,334

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511times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,189 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 5 numbers (7, 8, 16, 23) with the draw of 5 June 2014 — its closest relative in 3,189 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 January 2020): 16 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

66

The numbers add up to 66 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 4173≈ 175 by chance$100
  • Match 34,256≈ 4.2k by chance$6.00
  • Match 232,175≈ 32k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈199k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,256 winners, 1% more than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 53$35,334
    Match 4173$100
    Match 34,256$6.00
    Match 232,175$1.00
    Totals36,607—