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LuckyDay Lotto · draw · evening

Saturday, 17 December 2022

eveningLuckyDay Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 21
  4. 40
  5. 45

Jackpot$450,000

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 2,156 of 4,956 under them

← 2022-12-16All recent draws2022-12-18 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 5
    2. 14
    3. 21
    4. 44
    5. 45

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 11 21 40 4529 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread93th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 239 of each

4226times
11256times
21217times
40239times
45236times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,155 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (11, 40, 45) with the draw of 14 December 2022 — its closest relative in 2,155 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 December 2022): 40 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 6 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2022-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 180kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$37.6Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.15

Where the money went

  • Match 415%$5.8K
  • Match 346%$17.2K
  • Match 239%$14.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.15 by chance$450,000
  2. Match 429≈ 30 by chance$200
  3. Match 31,149≈ 1.2k by chance$15.00
  4. Match 214,593≈ 15k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈180k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,149 winners, 0% fewer than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

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MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$450,000
Match 429$200
Match 31,149$15.00
Match 214,593$1.00
Totals15,771—