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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 27 January 2018

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 16
  4. 37
  5. 53
  6. 54
  7. 17

Jackpot$3,500,000

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010draw 760 of 1,672 under them

← 2018-01-24All recent draws2018-01-31 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 6 16 37 53 54 + 1729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 January 2018 — 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 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 77 of each

278times
669times
1676times
3770times
53

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-27

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$195.3Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus74%$144K
  • Match 58.6%$16.8K
  • Match 49.5%$18.5K
  • 1 other tier8.2%$16K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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89times
5486times

Every number was expected about that many times after 759 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 (2, 16, 37, 53) with the draw of 14 January 2015 — its closest relative in 759 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 53–54. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 10 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 76% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 0.21 by chance$143,983
  • Match 510≈ 11 by chance$1,677
  • Match 4710≈ 720 by chance$26.00
  • Match 316,047≈ 16k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 16,047 winners, 2% fewer than the 16k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus1$143,983
    Match 510$1,677
    Match 4710$26.00
    Match 316,047$1.00
    Totals16,768—