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Lotto · draw

Monday, 2 January 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 20
  6. 46

Jackpot$6,750,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 315 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-12-31All recent draws2017-01-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 11 16 18 20 4629 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 314 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

238times
1139times
1652times
1842times
20

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 444kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$141Kto 63k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$16.1K
  • Match 324%$34.4K
  • Match 238%$53.4K
  • 6 other tiers26%$37.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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34times
4639times

Every number was expected about that many times after 314 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 (2, 16, 18, 46) with the draw of 12 October 2015 — its closest relative in 314 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 22% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 19 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,750,000
  • Match 51≈ 6.0 by chance$11,541
  • Match 4366≈ 339 by chance$44.00
  • Match 36,884≈ 6.6k by chance$5.00
  • Match 253,395≈ 53k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,100
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot41$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot258$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot850$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot874$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈444k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,884 winners, 4% more than the 6.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 51$11,541
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,100
    Match 4366$44.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot41$125
    Match 36,884$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot258$25.00
    Match 253,395$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot850$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot874$5.00
    Totals0—