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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 5 January 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 18
  5. 20
  6. 24

Jackpot$2,200,000

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 1,881 of 2,632 under them

← 2022-01-03All recent draws2022-01-08 →

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 12 13 18 20 2429 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

19oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 19 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd20th
  • low99th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 230 of each

9224times
12249times
13233times
18216times
20

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 539kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51.7Kto 10k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 515%$8K
  • Match 429%$15.1K
  • Match 355%$28.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$2,200,000
  2. Match 5

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227times
24222times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,880 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 (9, 12, 20, 24) with the draw of 30 May 2016 — its closest relative in 1,880 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2022): 9, 20 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 39 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 10.0 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4504≈ 523 by chance$30.00
  • Match 39,522≈ 9.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈539k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 504 winners, 4% fewer than the 523 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,200,000
    Match 58$1,000
    Match 4504$30.00
    Match 39,522$3.00
    Totals10,034—