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Match 4 · draw

Saturday, 9 January 2010

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 17
  4. 21

Jackpot$20,000

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

Rules4/24 · since Jan 2010draw 9 of 6,130 under them

← 2010-01-08All recent draws2010-01-10 →

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 feed4 9 17 2129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 January 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

75oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 75 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd83th
  • low50th
  • widest gap45th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread63th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

43times
90times
172times
211time

Every number was expected about that many times after 8 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.

Prize breakdown · 2010-01-09

  • Lines in play≈ 24kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.6Kto 2.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 42 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • Match 468%$20K
  • Match 315%$4.4K
  • Match 218%$5.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 42≈ 2.3 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 4 numbers (17, 21) with the draw of 7 January 2010 — its closest relative in 8 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 January 2010): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

51

The numbers add up to 51 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 50. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 3 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
220≈ 182 by chance
$20.00
  • Match 22,592≈ 2.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈24k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,592 winners, 0% more than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 42$10,000
    Match 3220$20.00
    Match 22,592$2.00
    Totals2,814—