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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 20 December 2017

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 34
  6. 41
  7. 31

JackpotCA$12,555,889

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 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010draw 832 of 1,754 under them

← 2017-12-16All recent draws2017-12-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 4 28 30 34 41 + 3129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

3105times
4108times
28107times
3093times
34

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-20

  • Lines in play≈ 5.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$5Mto 804k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.38

Where the money went

  • Match 318%CA$904K
  • Match 238%CA$1.9M
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw20%CA$1M
  • 4 other tiers24%CA$1.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.38 by chance

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96times
41111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 831 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 (3, 4, 30, 34) with the draw of 11 October 2014 — its closest relative in 831 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2017): 41 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 22 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$12,555,889
  • Match 5 + Bonus2≈ 2.3 by chanceCA$129,579
  • Match 581≈ 97 by chanceCA$2,666
  • Match 44,689≈ 5.2k by chanceCA$87.50
  • Match 2 + Bonus64,772≈ 66k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 390,397≈ 95k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2644,039≈ 644k by chanceCA$3.00
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 4,689 winners, 10% fewer than the 5.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60CA$12,555,889
    Match 5 + Bonus2CA$129,579
    Match 581CA$2,666
    Match 44,689CA$87.50
    Match 390,397CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus64,772CA$5.00
    Match 2644,039CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—