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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 25
  5. 31
  6. 42

Jackpot$4,300,000

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 1,246 of 2,628 under them

← 2017-12-13All recent draws2017-12-18 →

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 feed13 22 24 25 31 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 152 of each

13153times
22165times
24138times
25155times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 745kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$74.3Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$14.0K
  • Match 428%$20.9K
  • Match 353%$39.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$4,300,000
  2. Match 5

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165times
42146times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,245 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 (13, 22, 24, 25) with the draw of 9 January 2017 — its closest relative in 1,245 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2017): 31 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 23 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 46% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
14≈ 14 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4695≈ 722 by chance$30.00
  • Match 313,155≈ 13k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈745k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 695 winners, 4% fewer than the 722 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,300,000
    Match 514$1,000
    Match 4695$30.00
    Match 313,155$3.00
    Totals13,864—