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Lotto · draw

Monday, 22 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 17
  5. 34
  6. 46

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 1,379 of 2,632 under them

← 2018-10-20All recent draws2018-10-24 →

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 feed2 14 15 17 34 4629 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 169 of each

2152times
14168times
15147times
17173times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-22

  • Lines in play≈ 807kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$81.1Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$16K
  • Match 428%$22.4K
  • Match 353%$42.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$4,600,000
  2. Match 5

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173times
46158times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,378 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 3 of 6 numbers (14, 15, 17) with the draw of 19 May 2018 — its closest relative in 1,378 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 October 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 36 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 45% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
16≈ 15 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4745≈ 782 by chance$30.00
  • Match 314,251≈ 14k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈807k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 745 winners, 5% fewer than the 782 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,600,000
    Match 516$1,000
    Match 4745$30.00
    Match 314,251$3.00
    Totals15,012—