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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Thursday, 4 October 2018

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 31
  5. 40
  6. 41

Jackpot$2,100,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 1,044 of 3,988 under them

← 2018-10-03All recent draws2018-10-05 →

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 feed3 16 17 31 40 4129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread57th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 128 of each

3111times
16138times
17142times
31130times
40

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124times
41133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,043 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 4 of 6 numbers (3, 17, 31, 41) with the draw of 17 February 2014 — its closest relative in 1,043 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 October 2018): 41 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 47th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 40–41. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 38 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

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