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Lotto · draw

Monday, 24 December 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 33
  5. 43
  6. 46

Jackpot$4,250,000

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 624 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-12-22All recent draws2018-12-27 →

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 17 19 33 43 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 623 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 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum57th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

779times
1766times
1978times
3373times
43

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-24

  • Lines in play≈ 496kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$156.3Kto 70k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$18.5K
  • Match 323%$36.1K
  • Match 238%$59.7K
  • 5 other tiers27%$42.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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78times
4676times

Every number was expected about that many times after 623 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 (17, 19, 33, 43) with the draw of 5 March 2018 — its closest relative in 623 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 38% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

165

The numbers add up to 165 — the 56th 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

7 had not appeared for 16 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,250,000
  • Match 511≈ 6.7 by chance$1,194
  • Match 4362≈ 378 by chance$51.00
  • Match 37,217≈ 7.4k by chance$5.00
  • Match 259,668≈ 60k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot41$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot324$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,023$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,102$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 ≈496k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,217 winners, 2% fewer than the 7.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 511$1,194
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4362$51.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot41$125
    Match 37,217$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot324$25.00
    Match 259,668$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,023$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,102$5.00
    Totals0—