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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 28
  5. 33
  6. 42

Jackpot$4,500,000

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 1,248 of 2,628 under them

← 2017-12-18All recent draws2017-12-23 →

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 12 16 28 33 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 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.

  • sum33th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

4169times
12162times
16139times
28153times
33

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-20

  • Lines in play≈ 601kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$59.7Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 517%$10.0K
  • Match 430%$17.9K
  • Match 353%$31.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$4,500,000
  2. Match 5

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157times
42147times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,247 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 (4, 12, 16, 33) with the draw of 17 September 2016 — its closest relative in 1,247 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 32th 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

16 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
10≈ 11 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4596≈ 582 by chance$30.00
  • Match 310,607≈ 11k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈601k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 596 winners, 2% more than the 582 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,500,000
    Match 510$1,000
    Match 4596$30.00
    Match 310,607$3.00
    Totals11,213—