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Bank a Million · draw

Saturday, 6 January 2018

ResultBank a Million

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 26
  5. 27
  6. 36
  7. 9

Jackpot$1,000,000

The crowdHeld 7% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015draw 246 of 1,164 under them

← 2018-01-03All recent draws2018-01-10 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 18 24 26 27 36 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

228times
1836times
2430times
2641times
27

Prize breakdown · 2018-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 240kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$193.1Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$36K
  • Match 3 plus Bonus15%$28.9K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus23%$44.5K
  • 4 other tiers43%$83.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance

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37times
3638times

Every number was expected about that many times after 245 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 (18, 24, 27, 36) with the draw of 2 March 2016 — its closest relative in 245 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 42% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 January 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus1≈ 0.38 by chance$20,000
  • Match 518≈ 12 by chance$2,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus46≈ 31 by chance$400
  • Match 4496≈ 496 by chance$40.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus722≈ 661 by chance$40.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus5,562≈ 5.1k by chance$8.00
  • Match 36,363≈ 6.8k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈240k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus — 722 winners, 9% more than the 661 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus1$20,000
    Match 518$2,000
    Match 4 plus Bonus46$400
    Match 4496$40.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus722$40.00
    Match 36,363$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus5,562$8.00
    Totals13,208—