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Lotto · draw

Monday, 4 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 14
  5. 26
  6. 45

Jackpot$3,800,000

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 1,241 of 2,628 under them

← 2017-12-02All recent draws2017-12-06 →

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 feed3 7 8 14 26 4529 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread78th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 152 of each

3161times
7137times
8155times
14152times
26

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-04

  • Lines in play≈ 515kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$45.4Kto 9.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 56.6%$3.0K
  • Match 433%$15.1K
  • Match 360%$27.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$3,800,000
  2. Match 5

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177times
45147times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,240 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 (3, 14, 26) with the draw of 30 October 2017 — its closest relative in 1,240 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 15 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 9.5 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4504≈ 499 by chance$30.00
  • Match 39,085≈ 9.1k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈515k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,085 winners, 0% more than the 9.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,800,000
    Match 53$1,000
    Match 4504$30.00
    Match 39,085$3.00
    Totals9,592—