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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 28 April 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 21
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 51

Jackpot$12,000,000

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 521 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-04-26All recent draws2018-04-30 →

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 feed12 16 21 24 31 5129 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 520 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 April 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

73oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 73 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

1255times
1681times
2163times
2453times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-04-28

  • Lines in play≈ 682kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$213.4Kto 96k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$25.4K
  • Match 324%$51.5K
  • Match 238%$82K
  • 5 other tiers26%$54.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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60times
5169times

Every number was expected about that many times after 520 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 (12, 16, 21, 51) with the draw of 10 August 2017 — its closest relative in 520 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 33% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 April 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

155

The numbers add up to 155 — the 45th 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

24 had not appeared for 15 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$12,000,000
  • Match 511≈ 9.2 by chance$1,657
  • Match 4535≈ 520 by chance$47.50
  • Match 310,307≈ 10k by chance$5.00
  • Match 281,974≈ 82k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot56$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot359$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,316$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,422$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈682k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 535 winners, 3% more than the 520 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$12,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 511$1,657
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4535$47.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot56$125
    Match 310,307$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot359$25.00
    Match 281,974$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,316$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,422$5.00
    Totals0—