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Treasure Hunt · draw

Saturday, 18 January 2020

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 8
  4. 17
  5. 21

Jackpot$26,000

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

Rules5/30 · since Apr 2010draw 3,199 of 5,671 under them

← 2020-01-17All recent draws2020-01-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 3 8 17 2129 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd91th
  • low67th
  • widest gap40th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 533 of each

1538times
3540times
8497times
17515times
21

Prize breakdown · 2020-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 71kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$28.4Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.50

Where the money went

  • Match 426%$7.5K
  • Match 333%$9.4K
  • Match 241%$11.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.50 by chance$26,000
  2. Match 4

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534times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,198 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 5 numbers (1, 3, 17, 21) with the draw of 18 March 2015 — its closest relative in 3,198 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2020): 1, 17 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

50

The numbers add up to 50 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
75≈ 63 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,567≈ 1.5k by chance$6.00
  • Match 211,508≈ 12k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈71k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,567 winners, 4% more than the 1.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$26,000
    Match 475$100
    Match 31,567$6.00
    Match 211,508$1.00
    Totals13,150—