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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 27
  6. 38

Jackpot$4,600,000

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 1,249 of 2,626 under them

← 2017-12-20All recent draws2017-12-25 →

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 feed5 6 9 12 27 3829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 153 of each

5140times
6158times
9155times
12163times
27

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.7Mto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 698%$4.6M
  • Match 40.7%$32.3K
  • Match 31.1%$53.4K
  • 1 other tier0.4%$19.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.07 by chance

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158times
38138times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,248 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 (5, 6, 9, 27) with the draw of 4 January 2017 — its closest relative in 1,248 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2017): 12 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,600,000
  • Match 519≈ 19 by chance$1,000
  • Match 41,077≈ 976 by chance$30.00
  • Match 317,791≈ 18k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,077 winners, 10% more than the 976 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$4,600,000
    Match 519$1,000
    Match 41,077$30.00
    Match 317,791$3.00
    Totals18,888—