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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 27
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 37
  6. 40

Jackpot$3,200,000

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 Jan 2010draw 738 of 2,630 under them

← 2014-09-15All recent draws2014-09-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed20 27 30 31 37 4029 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 September 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 90 of each

2096times
2793times
3094times
3193times
37

Prize breakdown · 2014-09-17

  • Lines in play≈ 482kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.4Kto 9.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$9K
  • Match 427%$12.8K
  • Match 354%$25.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$3,200,000
  2. Match 5

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96times
4090times

Every number was expected about that many times after 737 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 (20, 30, 31, 37) with the draw of 25 June 2011 — its closest relative in 737 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 September 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

185

The numbers add up to 185 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 17 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 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
9≈ 8.9 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4428≈ 467 by chance$30.00
  • Match 38,516≈ 8.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈482k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,516 winners, 0% more than the 8.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,200,000
    Match 59$1,000
    Match 4428$30.00
    Match 38,516$3.00
    Totals8,953—