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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 28 December 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 31
  3. 38
  4. 41
  5. 43
  6. 47

Jackpot$17,750,000

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 469 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-12-25All recent draws2017-12-30 →

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 feed7 31 38 41 43 4729 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 468 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 28 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd95th
  • low5th
  • widest gap90th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

763times
3152times
3853times
4138times
43

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-28

  • Lines in play≈ 678kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$218Kto 95k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$27.4K
  • Match 323%$50.3K
  • Match 237%$81.5K
  • 6 other tiers27%$58.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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55times
4749times

Every number was expected about that many times after 468 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 3 of 6 numbers (7, 41, 43) with the draw of 2 November 2017 — its closest relative in 468 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

207

The numbers add up to 207 — the 91th 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

43 had not appeared for 20 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 69% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$17,750,000
  • Match 57≈ 9.2 by chance$2,810
  • Match 4494≈ 517 by chance$55.50
  • Match 310,051≈ 10k by chance$5.00
  • Match 281,502≈ 82k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,388
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot361$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,244$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,604$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈678k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 494 winners, 4% fewer than the 517 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$17,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 57$2,810
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,388
    Match 4494$55.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
    Match 310,051$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot361$25.00
    Match 281,502$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,244$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,604$5.00
    Totals0—