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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 15
  4. 18
  5. 22
  6. 27
  7. 3

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 1,270 of 1,359 under them

← 2025-12-13All recent draws2025-12-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 8 15 18 22 27 + 324 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 190 of each

4187times
8164times
15207times
18184times
22

Prize breakdown · 2025-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 7.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.3Mto 251k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • Match 643%NZ$1M
  • Match 418%NZ$423.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus18%NZ$417.1K
  • 3 other tiers21%NZ$478K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 1.9 by chance

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200times
27179times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,269 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (8, 15, 18, 27) with the draw of 6 May 2023 — its closest relative in 1,269 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2025): 18 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 14th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 7 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 2.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus11≈ 12 by chanceNZ$19,605
  • Match 5437≈ 385 by chanceNZ$489
  • Match 4 + Bonus954≈ 964 by chanceNZ$51.00
  • Match 416,281≈ 15k by chanceNZ$26.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus20,857≈ 21k by chanceNZ$20.00
  • Match 3212,426≈ 212k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 16,281 winners, 6% more than the 15k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus11NZ$19,605
    Match 5437NZ$489
    Match 4 + Bonus954NZ$51.00
    Match 416,281NZ$26.00
    Match 3 + Bonus20,857NZ$20.00
    Match 3212,426NZ$0.00
    Totals250,968—