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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 December 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 28
  2. 31
  3. 35
  4. 41
  5. 45
  6. 47

Jackpot$4,000,000

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 623 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-12-20All recent draws2018-12-24 →

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 feed28 31 35 41 45 4729 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 622 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 22 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

12oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 12 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd95th
  • low1th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

2871times
3178times
3568times
4151times
45

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 461kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$150.2Kto 65k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$19.8K
  • Match 321%$31.9K
  • Match 237%$55.4K
  • 6 other tiers29%$43.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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69times
4764times

Every number was expected about that many times after 622 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 (31, 35, 47) with the draw of 1 February 2018 — its closest relative in 622 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2018): 47 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

227

The numbers add up to 227 — the 97th 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

45 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,000,000
  • Match 56≈ 6.2 by chance$2,359
  • Match 4332≈ 351 by chance$59.50
  • Match 36,374≈ 6.9k by chance$5.00
  • Match 255,405≈ 55k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,488
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot32$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot275$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,012$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,301$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈461k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,374 winners, 7% fewer than the 6.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 56$2,359
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,488
    Match 4332$59.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot32$125
    Match 36,374$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot275$25.00
    Match 255,405$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,012$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,301$5.00
    Totals0—