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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 12 May 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 13
  3. 16
  4. 24
  5. 35
  6. 36
  7. 19

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 28 of 1,356 under them

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

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 feed2 13 16 24 35 36 + 1929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

24times
139times
163times
244times
35

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$3.3Mto 52k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 203lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.8

Where the money went

  • Match 630%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 423%NZ$744.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus22%NZ$732.2K
  • 3 other tiers25%NZ$806.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.8 by chance

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7times
364times

Every number was expected about that many times after 27 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 2 of 6 numbers (13, 24) with the draw of 28 April 2012 — its closest relative in 27 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

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

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 54th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 12 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus15≈ 17 by chanceNZ$23,499
  • Match 5495≈ 549 by chanceNZ$740
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,303≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$67.00
  • Match 421,265≈ 22k by chanceNZ$35.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus29,289≈ 29k by chanceNZ$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 — 495 winners, 10% fewer than the 549 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus15NZ$23,499
    Match 5495NZ$740
    Match 4 + Bonus1,303NZ$67.00
    Match 421,265NZ$35.00
    Match 3 + Bonus29,289NZ$25.00