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Lotto · draw

Monday, 18 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 30
  5. 43
  6. 49

Jackpot$4,400,000

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 1,247 of 2,628 under them

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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 feed1 17 22 30 43 4929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread99th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

1149times
17157times
22166times
30164times
43

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 506kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$55.8Kto 9.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 527%$15.0K
  • Match 425%$14.0K
  • Match 348%$26.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$4,400,000
  2. Match 5

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154times
49146times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,246 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 (1, 30, 43, 49) with the draw of 30 March 2016 — its closest relative in 1,246 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2017): 22 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

162

The numbers add up to 162 — the 63th 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

30 had not appeared for 11 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 →
15≈ 9.3 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4467≈ 490 by chance$30.00
  • Match 38,925≈ 8.9k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈506k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,925 winners, 0% more than the 8.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,400,000
    Match 515$1,000
    Match 4467$30.00
    Match 38,925$3.00
    Totals9,407—