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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 28
  5. 37
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,800,000

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 1,362 of 2,632 under them

← 2018-09-10All recent draws2018-09-15 →

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 feed9 14 16 28 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 167 of each

9171times
14165times
16155times
28167times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-12

  • Lines in play≈ 462kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.8Kto 8.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$6K
  • Match 429%$12.3K
  • Match 357%$24.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,800,000
  2. Match 5

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175times
42157times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,361 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 (14, 16, 28, 42) with the draw of 9 March 2013 — its closest relative in 1,361 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 September 2018): 9 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 45th 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 16 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 →
6≈ 8.5 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4411≈ 448 by chance$30.00
  • Match 38,158≈ 8.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈462k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,158 winners, 0% more than the 8.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,800,000
    Match 56$1,000
    Match 4411$30.00
    Match 38,158$3.00
    Totals8,575—