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Match 4 · draw

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 9
  4. 18

Jackpot$40,000

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 26 of 6,130 under them

← 2010-01-25All recent draws2010-01-27 →

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 feed3 5 9 1829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 January 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd83th
  • low83th
  • widest gap56th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

33times
52times
92times
187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 25 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 · 2010-01-26

  • Lines in play≈ 22kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$48.9Kto 2.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 44 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 482%$40K
  • Match 38.6%$4.2K
  • Match 210%$4.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 44≈ 2.1 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 4 numbers (3, 18) with the draw of 18 January 2010 — its closest relative in 25 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2010): 9 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

35

The numbers add up to 35 — the 12th 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

5 had not appeared for 9 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 1.8× 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 →
211≈ 165 by chance
$20.00
  • Match 22,349≈ 2.3k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈22k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,349 winners, 0% more than the 2.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 44$10,000
    Match 3211$20.00
    Match 22,349$2.00
    Totals2,564—