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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Friday, 16 February 2018

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 38
  5. 40
  6. 48

Jackpot$770,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 814 of 3,988 under them

← 2018-02-15All recent draws2018-02-17 →

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 feed4 20 21 38 40 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

4104times
20106times
21104times
38106times
40

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90times
4879times

Every number was expected about that many times after 813 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 6 numbers (21, 38, 40) with the draw of 8 January 2018 — its closest relative in 813 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2018): 4, 48 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

171

The numbers add up to 171 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 13 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

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