LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 July 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 15
  4. 16
  5. 20
  6. 40

Jackpot$5,200,000

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 Jan 2010draw 1,339 of 2,631 under them

← 2018-07-18All recent draws2018-07-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 6 15 16 20 4029 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 July 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd5th
  • low94th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 164 of each

4176times
6175times
15144times
16152times
20

Prize breakdown · 2018-07-21

  • Lines in play≈ 949kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$100.1Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$21K
  • Match 429%$28.9K
  • Match 350%$50.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$5,200,000
  2. Match 5

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

164times
40170times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,338 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 (6, 15, 16, 20) with the draw of 13 June 2016 — its closest relative in 1,338 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 July 2018): 6 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 19 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
21≈ 18 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4962≈ 919 by chance$30.00
  • Match 316,754≈ 17k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈949k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 962 winners, 5% more than the 919 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,200,000
    Match 521$1,000
    Match 4962$30.00
    Match 316,754$3.00
    Totals17,737—