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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 6 January 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 27
  3. 28
  4. 37
  5. 49
  6. 52

Jackpot$2,500,000

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 473 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-01-04All recent draws2018-01-08 →

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 feed16 27 28 37 49 5229 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 472 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 6 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

1675times
2755times
2851times
3756times
49

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 472kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$152Kto 66k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$19.3K
  • Match 322%$33.8K
  • Match 237%$56.7K
  • 6 other tiers28%$42.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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58times
5250times

Every number was expected about that many times after 472 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 (16, 27, 28, 52) with the draw of 22 April 2017 — its closest relative in 472 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2018): 52 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

209

The numbers add up to 209 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 16 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,500,000
  • Match 55≈ 6.4 by chance$2,759
  • Match 4347≈ 360 by chance$55.50
  • Match 36,763≈ 7.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 256,749≈ 57k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,388
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot36$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot275$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot987$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,153$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈472k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,763 winners, 4% fewer than the 7.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 55$2,759
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,388
    Match 4347$55.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot36$125
    Match 36,763$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot275$25.00
    Match 256,749$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot987$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,153$5.00
    Totals0—