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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 December 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 6
  4. 15
  5. 29
  6. 43

Jackpot$1,900,000

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 1,405 of 2,631 under them

← 2018-12-19All recent draws2018-12-24 →

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 feed1 3 6 15 29 4329 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread78th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 172 of each

1169times
3180times
6182times
15150times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 606kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$64.8Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$15K
  • Match 427%$17.7K
  • Match 350%$32.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$1,900,000
  2. Match 5

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148times
43175times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,404 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 3 of 6 numbers (6, 15, 29) with the draw of 19 November 2018 — its closest relative in 1,404 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2018): 3 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 5th 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

6 had not appeared for 14 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
15≈ 11 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4591≈ 587 by chance$30.00
  • Match 310,702≈ 11k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈606k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 591 winners, 1% more than the 587 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,900,000
    Match 515$1,000
    Match 4591$30.00
    Match 310,702$3.00
    Totals11,308—