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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 23 February 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 18
  3. 27
  4. 41
  5. 44
  6. 45

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 1,276 of 1,616 under them

← 2023-02-20All recent draws2023-02-25 →

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 feed6 18 27 41 44 4529 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 1,275 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 23 February 2023 — 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 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 147 of each

6156times
18140times
27153times
41129times
44

Prize breakdown · 2023-02-23

  • Lines in play≈ 374kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$194Kto 54k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.4%$16.3K
  • Match 315%$29.3K
  • Match 246%$89.9K
  • 6 other tiers30%$58.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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155times
45152times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,275 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 (6, 27, 41, 44) with the draw of 7 May 2018 — its closest relative in 1,275 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 63% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 44–45. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 27 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 63% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$10,250,000
  • Match 53≈ 5.1 by chance$4,129
  • Match 4317≈ 285 by chance$51.50
  • Match 35,869≈ 5.6k by chance$5.00
  • Match 244,953≈ 45k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$103,213
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot6$1,288
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot63$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot389$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,311$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,526$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈374k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,869 winners, 5% more than the 5.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$10,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$103,213
    Match 53$4,129
    Match 4 + Extra Shot6$1,288
    Match 4317$51.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot63$125
    Match 35,869$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot389$25.00
    Match 244,953$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,311$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,526$5.00
    Totals54,437—