LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Megabucks · draw

Saturday, 4 January 2025

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 28
  6. 34

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

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 2,308 of 2,591 under them

← 2025-01-01All recent draws2025-01-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 12 17 18 28 3429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread36th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 288 of each

1293times
12315times
17293times
18290times
28

Prize breakdown · 2025-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 344kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$50.1Kto 8.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 41lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$10.5K
  • Match 428%$14K
  • Match 4 with Kicker26%$13.3K
  • 2 other tiers24%$12.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

288times
34284times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,307 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 (1, 12, 17, 34) with the draw of 12 November 2018 — its closest relative in 2,307 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 8 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,900,000
  • Match 56≈ 7.1 by chance$1,758
  • Match 4343≈ 362 by chance$40.90
  • Match 36,444≈ 6.4k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 with Kicker81$164
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,446$4.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈344k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,444 winners, 0% more than the 6.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,900,000
    Match 5 with Kicker0$0.00
    Match 56$1,758
    Match 4 with Kicker81$164
    Match 4343$40.90
    Match 3 with Kicker1,446$4.00
    Match 36,444$1.00
    Totals8,320—