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Treasure Hunt · draw

Sunday, 20 December 2020

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 24

Jackpot$122,000

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 3,536 of 5,673 under them

← 2020-12-19All recent draws2020-12-21 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed3 16 17 20 2429 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum55th
  • odd33th
  • low9th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 589 of each

3595times
16576times
17577times
20590times
24

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-20

  • Lines in play≈ 200kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$194.1Kto 37k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • Match 563%$122K
  • Match 313%$24.8K
  • Match 217%$32.2K
  • 1 other tier7.7%$15K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 1.4 by chance$40,667

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589times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,535 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 (16, 17, 20, 24) with the draw of 9 February 2020 — its closest relative in 3,535 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 12 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 1.4× 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 4150≈ 175 by chance$100
  • Match 34,140≈ 4.2k by chance$6.00
  • Match 232,217≈ 32k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈200k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,140 winners, 1% fewer 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$40,667
    Match 4150$100
    Match 34,140$6.00
    Match 232,217$1.00
    Totals36,510—