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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 January 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 12
  3. 14
  4. 17
  5. 30
  6. 47

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 1,418 of 1,616 under them

← 2024-01-18All recent draws2024-01-22 →

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 12 14 17 30 4729 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 1,417 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 20 January 2024 — 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 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread60th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 164 of each

6169times
12150times
14148times
17164times
30

Prize breakdown · 2024-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 354kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$174.4Kto 51k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.0%$14K
  • Match 316%$27.9K
  • Match 249%$85.1K
  • 6 other tiers27%$47.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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171times
47159times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,417 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, 12, 30, 47) with the draw of 4 May 2020 — its closest relative in 1,417 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 17th 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

17 had not appeared for 36 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$9,650,000
  • Match 54≈ 4.8 by chance$2,640
  • Match 4291≈ 270 by chance$48.00
  • Match 35,583≈ 5.3k by chance$5.00
  • Match 242,533≈ 43k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$66,000
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,200
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot54$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot377$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,202$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,268$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈354k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,583 winners, 6% more than the 5.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,650,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$66,000
    Match 54$2,640
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,200
    Match 4291$48.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot54$125
    Match 35,583$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot377$25.00
    Match 242,533$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,202$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,268$5.00
    Totals51,314—