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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 7 April 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 21
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 30
  6. 35
  7. 14

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 23 of 1,355 under them

← 2012-03-31All recent draws2012-04-14 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 21 24 27 30 35 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 April 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd79th
  • low5th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread50th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

55times
215times
242times
274times
30

Prize breakdown · 2012-04-07

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$3.2Mto 52k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 201lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 2.7

Where the money went

  • Match 631%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 423%NZ$724.0K
  • Match 3 + Bonus22%NZ$688.1K
  • 3 other tiers24%NZ$771.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 2.7 by chance

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2times
355times

Every number was expected about that many times after 22 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 6 numbers (5, 21, 24, 35) with the draw of 31 March 2012 — its closest relative in 22 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 4.8% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 March 2012): 5, 21, 24, 35 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

142

The numbers add up to 142 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 17 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 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus18≈ 16 by chanceNZ$18,760
  • Match 5517≈ 538 by chanceNZ$679
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,341≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$62.00
  • Match 421,295≈ 22k by chanceNZ$34.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus28,672≈ 29k by chanceNZ$24.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 — 517 winners, 4% fewer than the 538 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 63NZ$333,333
    Match 5 + Bonus18NZ$18,760
    Match 5517NZ$679
    Match 4 + Bonus1,341NZ$62.00
    Match 421,295NZ$34.00
    Match 3 + Bonus28,672NZ$24.00