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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. 13
  5. 32
  6. 40
  7. 8

JackpotCA$10,500,525

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 250 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-05-19All recent draws2012-05-26 →

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 feed2 3 7 13 32 40 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

232times
333times
735times
1332times
32

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 8.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$2.7Mto 240k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.58

Where the money went

  • Match 414%CA$386.3K
  • Match 2 + Bonus18%CA$494.3K
  • Match 350%CA$1.3M
  • 2 other tiers17%CA$450.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.58 by chance

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27times
4035times

Every number was expected about that many times after 249 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 (2, 13, 32) with the draw of 7 April 2012 — its closest relative in 249 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2012): nothing 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. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 22 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$10,500,525
  • Match 5 + Bonus2≈ 3.5 by chanceCA$123,306
  • Match 5124≈ 147 by chanceCA$1,643
  • Match 47,208≈ 7.9k by chanceCA$53.60
  • Match 2 + Bonus98,861≈ 101k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 3134,221≈ 144k by chanceCA$10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 7,208 winners, 9% fewer than the 7.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60CA$10,500,525
    Match 5 + Bonus2CA$123,306
    Match 5124CA$1,643
    Match 47,208CA$53.60
    Match 3134,221CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus98,861CA$5.00
    Match 20—
    Guaranteed Prize Draw0—
    Totals0—