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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 1 January 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 24
  5. 33
  6. 43

Jackpot$5,300,000

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 1,097 of 1,616 under them

← 2021-12-30All recent draws2022-01-03 →

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 feed9 16 18 24 33 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 1,096 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 1 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread29th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 126 of each

9111times
16161times
18118times
24131times
33

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-01

  • Lines in play≈ 338kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$168.6Kto 49k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.3%$13.9K
  • Match 315%$25.9K
  • Match 248%$81.3K
  • 6 other tiers28%$47.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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132times
43134times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,096 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 (16, 24, 33, 43) with the draw of 15 April 2021 — its closest relative in 1,096 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 57% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2021): 16, 18, 33 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 32th 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

24 had not appeared for 15 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 51% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,300,000
  • Match 57≈ 4.6 by chance$1,503
  • Match 4268≈ 258 by chance$52.00
  • Match 35,182≈ 5.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 240,631≈ 41k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$37,575
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,300
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot59$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot306$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,184$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,250$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈338k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,182 winners, 3% more than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,300,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$37,575
    Match 57$1,503
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,300
    Match 4268$52.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot59$125
    Match 35,182$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot306$25.00
    Match 240,631$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,184$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,250$5.00
    Totals48,890—