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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 October 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 13
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 27
  6. 46

Jackpot$18,000,000

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 596 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-10-18All recent draws2018-10-22 →

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 feed3 13 22 23 27 4629 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 595 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 20 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread70th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 69 of each

356times
1370times
2259times
2364times
27

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-20

  • Lines in play≈ 919kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$295.9Kto 130k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$33.9K
  • Match 324%$71.3K
  • Match 237%$110.5K
  • 6 other tiers27%$80.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance

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70times
4667times

Every number was expected about that many times after 595 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 (3, 13, 23) with the draw of 18 October 2018 — its closest relative in 595 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 October 2018): 3, 13, 23 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 24th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 17 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 49% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$18,000,000
  • Match 510≈ 12 by chance$2,426
  • Match 4678≈ 701 by chance$50.00
  • Match 314,264≈ 14k by chance$5.00
  • Match 2110,530≈ 111k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,250
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot62$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot561$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,882$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot2,063$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈919k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 14,264 winners, 4% more than the 14k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$18,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 510$2,426
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,250
    Match 4678$50.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot62$125
    Match 314,264$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot561$25.00
    Match 2110,530$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,882$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot2,063$5.00
    Totals0—