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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 October 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 12
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 34
  6. 45

Jackpot$4,800,000

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 1,690 of 2,626 under them

← 2020-10-14All recent draws2020-10-19 →

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 feed7 12 20 25 34 4529 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 207 of each

7194times
12220times
20200times
25200times
34

Prize breakdown · 2020-10-17

  • Lines in play≈ 823kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$86.4Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$18.0K
  • Match 429%$24.8K
  • Match 350%$43.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$4,800,000
  2. Match 5

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208times
45206times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,689 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 (12, 20, 34, 45) with the draw of 5 November 2012 — its closest relative in 1,689 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 81% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 October 2020): 25, 45 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 41th 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

12 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 37% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
18≈ 15 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4827≈ 797 by chance$30.00
  • Match 314,530≈ 15k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈823k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 827 winners, 4% more than the 797 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,800,000
    Match 518$1,000
    Match 4827$30.00
    Match 314,530$3.00
    Totals15,375—