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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 January 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 28
  4. 36
  5. 40
  6. 44

Jackpot$5,750,000

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 1,100 of 1,616 under them

← 2022-01-06All recent draws2022-01-10 →

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 feed4 7 28 36 40 4429 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 1,099 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 8 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread55th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

4121times
7131times
28133times
36142times
40

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-08

  • Lines in play≈ 337kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$164.3Kto 49k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.5%$13.9K
  • Match 315%$24.9K
  • Match 249%$80.9K
  • 6 other tiers27%$44.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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125times
44130times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,099 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 (7, 36, 40, 44) with the draw of 30 October 2017 — its closest relative in 1,099 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 57% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 January 2022): 36, 44 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

159

The numbers add up to 159 — the 49th 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

28 had not appeared for 33 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 56% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,750,000
  • Match 54≈ 4.6 by chance$2,617
  • Match 4278≈ 257 by chance$50.00
  • Match 34,984≈ 5.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 240,460≈ 40k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$65,425
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,250
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot39$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot367$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,144$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,223$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈337k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,984 winners, 1% fewer 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$5,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$65,425
    Match 54$2,617
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,250
    Match 4278$50.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot39$125
    Match 34,984$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot367$25.00
    Match 240,460$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,144$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,223$5.00
    Totals48,501—