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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 33

Jackpot$5,500,000

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 1,146 of 2,631 under them

← 2017-04-24All recent draws2017-04-29 →

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 feed4 14 17 28 31 3329 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 April 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 140 of each

4149times
14139times
17147times
28140times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-04-26

  • Lines in play≈ 655kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$65.8Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 517%$11K
  • Match 431%$20.1K
  • Match 353%$34.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$5,500,000
  2. Match 5

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150times
33144times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,145 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 (14, 17, 28, 31) with the draw of 23 May 2015 — its closest relative in 1,145 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 April 2017): 17 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 24th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 26 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 12 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4670≈ 634 by chance$30.00
  • Match 311,554≈ 12k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈655k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 670 winners, 6% more than the 634 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,500,000
    Match 511$1,000
    Match 4670$30.00
    Match 311,554$3.00
    Totals12,235—