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Cowboy Draw · draw

Monday, 8 October 2018

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 12
  4. 18
  5. 31

Jackpot$1,860,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Mar 2015draw 370 of 1,209 under them

← 2018-10-04All recent draws2018-10-11 →

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 5 12 18 3129 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 October 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd32th
  • low89th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

441times
543times
1236times
1832times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-10-08

  • Lines in play≈ 96kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$64.3Kto 8.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$14K
  • Match 318%$11.6K
  • Match 260%$38.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.08 by chance$1,860,000
  2. Match 4

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34times

Every number was expected about that many times after 369 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 5 numbers (4, 5, 12) with the draw of 8 February 2018 — its closest relative in 369 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 October 2018): 12, 18 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 48 draws. A number waits about 9 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
14≈ 16 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 3578≈ 612 by chance$20.00
  • Match 27,750≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈96k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 578 winners, 6% fewer than the 612 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$1,860,000
    Match 414$1,000
    Match 3578$20.00
    Match 27,750$5.00