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Lotto Max · draw

Tuesday, 28 February 2023

ResultLotto Max

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 8
  4. 24
  5. 35
  6. 42
  7. 43
  8. 18

JackpotCA$55,000,000

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

Rules7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026draw 397 of 722 under them

← 2023-02-24All recent draws2023-03-03 →

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 3 8 24 35 42 43 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto Max was a 7/50 + 1/50 · May 2019 – Apr 2026 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 396 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours60th
  • spread66th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 55 of each

152times
353times
848times
2453times
3554times
4251times
4352times

Every number was expected about that many times after 396 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 7 numbers (1, 3, 24, 42) with the draw of 23 April 2021 — its closest relative in 396 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2023): 1, 35 carried over. Chance says 68% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 179. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 62% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 7 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 86% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2023-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 16Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$61.9Mto 770k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 21lines took a prize
  • Match 71 winnerchance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 789%CA$55M
  • match_3_b2.1%CA$1.3M
  • Match 35.1%CA$3.2M
  • 6 other tiers3.9%CA$2.4M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 71≈ 0.16 by chanceCA$55,000,000
  2. match_6_b1≈ 1.1 by chanceCA$219,095
  3. Match 654≈ 47 by chanceCA$4,057
  4. match_5_b145≈ 142 by chanceCA$907
  5. Match 52,852≈ 2.9k by chanceCA$108
  6. match_4_b4,871≈ 4.9k by chanceCA$49.50
  7. match_3_b65,701≈ 65k by chanceCA$20.00
  8. Match 464,471≈ 65k by chanceCA$20.00
  9. Match 3631,546≈ 632k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈16M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 — 2,852 winners, 2% fewer than the 2.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 3631,546CA$5.00
match_3_b65,701CA$20.00
Match 464,471CA$20.00
match_4_b4,871CA$49.50
Match 52,852CA$108
match_5_b145CA$907
Match 654CA$4,057
match_6_b1CA$219,095
Match 71CA$55,000,000