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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 28 January 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 17
  4. 24
  5. 38
  6. 39

Jackpot$4,700,000

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 952 of 1,616 under them

← 2021-01-25All recent draws2021-01-30 →

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 feed8 10 17 24 38 3929 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 951 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 28 January 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each

8106times
10121times
17113times
24109times
38

Prize breakdown · 2021-01-28

  • Lines in play≈ 581kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$201Kto 83k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$21.2K
  • Match 321%$43K
  • Match 235%$69.9K
  • 6 other tiers33%$66.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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115times
39115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 951 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 (8, 10, 24, 39) with the draw of 27 June 2019 — its closest relative in 951 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 24 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 47% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,700,000
  • Match 58≈ 7.9 by chance$1,921
  • Match 4437≈ 443 by chance$48.50
  • Match 38,604≈ 8.7k by chance$5.00
  • Match 269,853≈ 70k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$48,013
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,213
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot59$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot516$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,687$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,913$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈581k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,604 winners, 1% fewer than the 8.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,700,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$48,013
    Match 58$1,921
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,213
    Match 4437$48.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot59$125
    Match 38,604$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot516$25.00
    Match 269,853$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,687$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,913$5.00
    Totals83,081—