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Saturday Lotto · draw

Saturday, 28 February 2009

ResultSaturday Lotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 21
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 28
  6. 34
  7. 6
  8. 35

JackpotA$4,114,465

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

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009draw 9 of 930 under them

← 2009-02-21All recent draws2009-03-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 21 22 24 28 34 + 6 3529 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2009 — 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 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread2th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

172times
210times
221time
242times
28

Prize breakdown · 2009-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 55Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$14.7Mto 229k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 238lines took a prize
  • 14 winnerschance said 6.7

Where the money went

  • 128%A$4.1M
  • 421%A$3M
  • 533%A$4.9M
  • 2 other tiers18%A$2.7M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 14≈ 6.7 by chance

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1time
342times

Every number was expected about that many times after 8 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 (17, 28, 34) with the draw of 3 January 2009 — its closest relative in 8 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 18% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2009): 17 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 8 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$1,028,616
  • 31,208≈ 1.6k by chanceA$1,446
  • 466,972≈ 75k by chanceA$45.15
  • 264A$14,451
  • 5160,731A$30.30
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈55M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 1,208 winners, 23% fewer than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    14A$1,028,616
    264A$14,451
    31,208A$1,446
    466,972A$45.15
    5160,731A$30.30