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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 31
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,224,717

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

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 570 of 2,107 under them

← 2015-09-19All recent draws2015-09-26 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 18 26 29 31 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 September 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

388times
1899times
2675times
2990times
31

Prize breakdown · 2015-09-23

  • Lines in play≈ 218kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.5Kto 6.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$4.4K
  • Match 442%$16.3K
  • Match 346%$17.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$1,224,717
  2. Match 5

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77times
4275times

Every number was expected about that many times after 569 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, 18, 26, 29) with the draw of 24 October 2012 — its closest relative in 569 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 65% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 September 2015): 3, 26 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

149

The numbers add up to 149 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 13 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 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 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 9.0 by chance
$888
  • Match 4379≈ 392 by chance$43.00
  • Match 35,928≈ 5.9k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈218k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,928 winners, 0% more than the 5.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,224,717
    Match 55$888
    Match 4379$43.00
    Match 35,928$3.00