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Cowboy Draw · draw

Monday, 29 January 2018

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 26
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 31

Jackpot$665,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Mar 2015draw 298 of 1,208 under them

← 2018-01-25All recent draws2018-02-01 →

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 feed8 26 28 30 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

834times
2628times
2837times
3030times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-29

  • Lines in play≈ 44kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$32.6Kto 3.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 428%$9K
  • Match 318%$5.7K
  • Match 255%$17.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.04 by chance$665,000
  2. Match 4

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22times

Every number was expected about that many times after 297 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 2 of 5 numbers (30, 31) with the draw of 15 January 2018 — its closest relative in 297 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2018): 28 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 9 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 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
9≈ 7.2 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 3286≈ 282 by chance$20.00
  • Match 23,567≈ 3.6k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈44k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 3,567 winners, 0% more than the 3.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$665,000
    Match 49$1,000
    Match 3286$20.00
    Match 23,567$5.00