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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 3 January 2019

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 21
  2. 26
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 39
  6. 43

Jackpot$5,250,000

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 628 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-12-31All recent draws2019-01-05 →

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 feed21 26 28 30 39 4329 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 627 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 3 January 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

2175times
2671times
2873times
3085times
39

Prize breakdown · 2019-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 540kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$174.1Kto 76k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$21.3K
  • Match 323%$39.2K
  • Match 237%$64.9K
  • 5 other tiers28%$48.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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70times
4379times

Every number was expected about that many times after 627 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 (21, 30, 43) with the draw of 1 October 2018 — its closest relative in 627 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2018): 21, 39 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

187

The numbers add up to 187 — the 78th 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

26 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,250,000
  • Match 510≈ 7.3 by chance$1,519
  • Match 4430≈ 412 by chance$49.50
  • Match 37,848≈ 8.1k by chance$5.00
  • Match 264,912≈ 65k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot46$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot318$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,252$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,443$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 ≈540k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,848 winners, 3% fewer than the 8.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 510$1,519
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4430$49.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot46$125
    Match 37,848$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot318$25.00
    Match 264,912$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,252$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,443$5.00
    Totals0—