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Bank a Million · draw

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

ResultBank a Million

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 24
  6. 28
  7. 2

Jackpot$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015draw 249 of 1,164 under them

← 2018-01-13All recent draws2018-01-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 8 17 20 24 28 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

532times
843times
1734times
2034times
24

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 272kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$191.2Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 517%$32K
  • Match 3 plus Bonus17%$32.3K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus25%$47.3K
  • 4 other tiers42%$79.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance

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32times
2835times

Every number was expected about that many times after 248 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 3 of 6 numbers (17, 24, 28) with the draw of 20 December 2017 — its closest relative in 248 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2018): 24 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 7 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus1≈ 0.43 by chance$20,000
  • Match 516≈ 14 by chance$2,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus17≈ 35 by chance$400
  • Match 4545≈ 561 by chance$40.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus808≈ 748 by chance$40.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus5,917≈ 5.8k by chance$8.00
  • Match 37,734≈ 7.7k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈272k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus — 808 winners, 8% more than the 748 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus1$20,000
    Match 516$2,000
    Match 4 plus Bonus17$400
    Match 4545$40.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus808$40.00
    Match 37,734$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus5,917$8.00
    Totals15,038—