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Bank a Million · draw

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

ResultBank a Million

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 13
  3. 14
  4. 20
  5. 24
  6. 26
  7. 2

Jackpot$1,000,000

The crowdHeld 8% less than 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 253 of 1,164 under them

← 2018-01-27All recent draws2018-02-03 →

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 feed4 13 14 20 24 26 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

441times
1342times
1445times
2035times
24

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-31

  • Lines in play≈ 265kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.2Mto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 19lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 685%$1M
  • Match 53.4%$40K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus3.8%$45.4K
  • 4 other tiers8.3%$97.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.07 by chance

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33times
2642times

Every number was expected about that many times after 252 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 (13, 14, 24) with the draw of 13 January 2018 — its closest relative in 252 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 January 2018): 14 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 10 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 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 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus0≈ 0.41 by chance$20,000
  • Match 520≈ 14 by chance$2,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus47≈ 34 by chance$400
  • Match 4547≈ 547 by chance$40.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus738≈ 729 by chance$40.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus5,677≈ 5.7k by chance$8.00
  • Match 36,902≈ 7.5k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈265k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,902 winners, 8% fewer than the 7.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus0$20,000
    Match 520$2,000
    Match 4 plus Bonus47$400
    Match 4547$40.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus738$40.00
    Match 36,902$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus5,677$8.00
    Totals13,932—