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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 21
  5. 24
  6. 41
  7. 45

JackpotCA$3,052,345

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 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010draw 210 of 1,753 under them

← 2011-12-31All recent draws2012-01-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 8 11 21 24 41 + 4529 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd77th
  • low94th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread67th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

121times
826times
1125times
2127times
24

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 6.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$2.2Mto 178k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 38lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.48

Where the money went

  • Match 416%CA$341.4K
  • Match 2 + Bonus14%CA$302.8K
  • Match 352%CA$1.1M
  • 2 other tiers19%CA$398.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.48 by chance

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28times
4123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 209 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 (8, 24, 41) with the draw of 7 December 2011 — its closest relative in 209 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2011): 11, 21 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 9th 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

8 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 1.7× 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 →
CA$3,052,345
  • Match 5 + Bonus3≈ 2.9 by chanceCA$72,675
  • Match 5102≈ 122 by chanceCA$1,766
  • Match 46,787≈ 6.5k by chanceCA$50.30
  • Match 2 + Bonus60,552≈ 83k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 3110,913≈ 119k by chanceCA$10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈6.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Bonus — 60,552 winners, 27% fewer than the 83k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60CA$3,052,345
    Match 5 + Bonus3CA$72,675
    Match 5102CA$1,766
    Match 46,787CA$50.30
    Match 3110,913CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus60,552CA$5.00
    Match 20—
    Guaranteed Prize Draw0—
    Totals0—