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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 2 January 2019

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 4
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 34

Jackpot$2,400,000

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 1,410 of 2,631 under them

← 2018-12-31All recent draws2019-01-05 →

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 2 4 8 9 3429 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 173 of each

1170times
2154times
4190times
8173times
9

Prize breakdown · 2019-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 509kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$62.8Kto 9.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 529%$18K
  • Match 428%$17.9K
  • Match 343%$27K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$2,400,000
  2. Match 5

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174times
34178times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,409 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, 2, 4, 34) with the draw of 25 January 2012 — its closest relative in 1,409 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

58

The numbers add up to 58 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2, 8–9. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 13 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 2.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
18≈ 9.4 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4595≈ 493 by chance$30.00
  • Match 38,989≈ 9.0k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈509k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,989 winners, 0% more than the 9.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,400,000
    Match 518$1,000
    Match 4595$30.00
    Match 38,989$3.00
    Totals9,602—