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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 14
  5. 24
  6. 34
  7. 38

JackpotCA$3,336,623

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 278 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-08-25All recent draws2012-09-01 →

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 feed3 5 8 14 24 34 + 3829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread25th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

336times
529times
837times
1431times
24

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-29

  • Lines in play≈ 8.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$5.8Mto 213k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 38lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 0.58

Where the money went

  • Match 657%CA$3.3M
  • Match 46.4%CA$374.6K
  • Match 323%CA$1.3M
  • 3 other tiers14%CA$795.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 0.58 by chance

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33times
3433times

Every number was expected about that many times after 277 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 (5, 8, 14) with the draw of 11 July 2012 — its closest relative in 277 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 August 2012): 34 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

88

The numbers add up to 88 — the 3th 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

5 had not appeared for 14 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$1,668,311
  • Match 5 + Bonus7≈ 3.5 by chanceCA$34,213
  • Match 5191≈ 147 by chanceCA$1,036
  • Match 48,056≈ 7.9k by chanceCA$46.50
  • Match 2 + Bonus71,614≈ 100k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 3133,600≈ 144k by chanceCA$10.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Bonus — 71,614 winners, 29% fewer than the 100k 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 62CA$1,668,311
    Match 5 + Bonus7CA$34,213
    Match 5191CA$1,036
    Match 48,056CA$46.50
    Match 3133,600CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus71,614CA$5.00
    Match 20—
    Guaranteed Prize Draw0—
    Totals0—