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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Thursday, 6 January 2022

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 28
  2. 30
  3. 36
  4. 38
  5. 40
  6. 46

Jackpot$680,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 2,234 of 3,988 under them

← 2022-01-05All recent draws2022-01-07 →

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 feed28 30 36 38 40 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

10oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 10 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd0th
  • low0th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 273 of each

28299times
30283times
36270times
38291times
40

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$92.6Kto 25k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 552lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 181,010 winnerschance said 0.97

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1832%$29.9K
  • Match 4 of 1835%$32.2K
  • Match 3 of 613%$12.2K
  • 4 other tiers20%$18.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in1,010≈ 0.97 by chance

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266times
46270times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,233 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 (28, 30, 40, 46) with the draw of 22 February 2021 — its closest relative in 2,233 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 January 2022): 30 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

218

The numbers add up to 218 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 9 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$680,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in4,190≈ 251 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in13,177≈ 13k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 66,085≈ 240k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,500
  • Match 9 of 183$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1816$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18178$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 of 6 — 6,085 winners, 97% fewer than the 240k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 of 60$680,000
    Match 5 of 69$1,000
    Match 4 of 6325$20.00
    Match 3 of 66,085$2.00
    Match 10+ of 180$2,500
    Match 9 of 183$1,000
    Match 8 of 1816$50.00
    Match 7 of 18178$25.00
    Match 6 of 181,010$10.00
    Match 5 of 184,181$5.00
    Match 4 of 1812,852$2.00
    Totals24,659—