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LuckyDay Lotto · draw · evening

Thursday, 17 September 2020

eveningLuckyDay Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 10
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 42

Jackpot$150,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Jul 2014draw 1,565 of 4,958 under them

← 2020-09-16All recent draws2020-09-18 →

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 feed1 10 17 18 4229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd32th
  • low89th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 174 of each

1171times
10190times
17189times
18167times
42

Prize breakdown · 2020-09-17

  • Lines in play≈ 147kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$29.9Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$4K
  • Match 347%$14K
  • Match 240%$11.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.12 by chance$150,000
  2. Match 4

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175times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,564 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 5 numbers (1, 10, 17, 42) with the draw of 1 August 2014 — its closest relative in 1,564 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 23% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

88

The numbers add up to 88 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 12 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 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
20≈ 24 by chance
$200
  • Match 3931≈ 940 by chance$15.00
  • Match 211,904≈ 12k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈147k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 931 winners, 1% fewer than the 940 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$150,000
    Match 420$200
    Match 3931$15.00
    Match 211,904$1.00
    Totals12,855—