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Lotto · draw

Monday, 3 January 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 26
  6. 36

Jackpot$2,100,000

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 1,880 of 2,632 under them

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

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 feed9 20 21 22 26 3629 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2022 — 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.

  • sum32th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 230 of each

9223times
20226times
21233times
22250times
26

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 433kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47Kto 8.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 526%$12K
  • Match 426%$12.1K
  • Match 349%$22.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,100,000
  2. Match 5

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245times
36223times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,879 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 (9, 20, 22, 36) with the draw of 6 August 2016 — its closest relative in 1,879 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 January 2022): 22 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21, 21–22. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 17 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 31% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
12≈ 8.0 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4402≈ 419 by chance$30.00
  • Match 37,634≈ 7.6k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈433k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,634 winners, 0% more than the 7.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,100,000
    Match 512$1,000
    Match 4402$30.00
    Match 37,634$3.00
    Totals8,048—