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LuckyDay Lotto · draw · evening

Friday, 18 September 2020

eveningLuckyDay Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 22
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 31

Jackpot$250,000

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 1,566 of 4,960 under them

← 2020-09-17All recent draws2020-09-19 →

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 feed2 22 26 27 3129 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread39th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 174 of each

2176times
22194times
26186times
27168times
31

Prize breakdown · 2020-09-18

  • Lines in play≈ 167kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35.8Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 416%$5.6K
  • Match 347%$16.7K
  • Match 238%$13.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.14 by chance$250,000
  2. Match 4

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163times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,565 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 3 of 5 numbers (22, 26, 27) with the draw of 22 May 2019 — its closest relative in 1,565 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 September 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 28 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
28≈ 27 by chance
$200
  • Match 31,113≈ 1.1k by chance$15.00
  • Match 213,482≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈167k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,113 winners, 5% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$250,000
    Match 428$200
    Match 31,113$15.00
    Match 213,482$1.00
    Totals14,623—