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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 6 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 27
  5. 38
  6. 44

Jackpot$16,500,000

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 590 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-10-04All recent draws2018-10-08 →

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 feed1 7 8 27 38 4429 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 589 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 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread70th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

155times
777times
868times
2769times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-06

  • Lines in play≈ 749kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$238.2Kto 106k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$26.8K
  • Match 324%$57.4K
  • Match 238%$90.1K
  • 6 other tiers27%$63.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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70times
4464times

Every number was expected about that many times after 589 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 (1, 7, 44) with the draw of 9 August 2018 — its closest relative in 589 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 October 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

44 had not appeared for 13 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$16,500,000
  • Match 511≈ 10 by chance$1,754
  • Match 4559≈ 571 by chance$48.00
  • Match 311,483≈ 11k by chance$5.00
  • Match 290,104≈ 90k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,200
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot60$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot461$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,405$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,574$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈749k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,483 winners, 3% more than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$16,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 511$1,754
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,200
    Match 4559$48.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot60$125
    Match 311,483$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot461$25.00
    Match 290,104$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,405$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,574$5.00
    Totals0—