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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 February 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 11
  3. 22
  4. 27
  5. 35
  6. 43

Jackpot$5,250,000

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 494 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-02-22All recent draws2018-02-26 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed7 11 22 27 35 4329 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 493 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 24 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

765times
1166times
2250times
2757times
35

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 584kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$229.9Kto 83k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 321%$47.4K
  • Match 231%$70.3K
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot20%$45.4K
  • 7 other tiers29%$66.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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56times
4356times

Every number was expected about that many times after 493 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 (11, 22, 27, 35) with the draw of 7 March 2015 — its closest relative in 493 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 32% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 February 2018): 11, 22 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

145

The numbers add up to 145 — the 34th 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 25 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 47% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,250,000
  • Match 57≈ 7.9 by chance$1,818
  • Match 4578≈ 446 by chance$35.00
  • Match 39,479≈ 8.7k by chance$5.00
  • Match 270,268≈ 70k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot1$45,438
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$875
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot53$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot330$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,045$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,176$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈584k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,479 winners, 9% more than the 8.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot1$45,438
    Match 57$1,818
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$875
    Match 4578$35.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot53$125
    Match 39,479$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot330$25.00
    Match 270,268$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,045$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,176$5.00
    Totals0—