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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 May 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 20
  5. 21
  6. 39
  7. 26

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 30 of 1,356 under them

← 2012-05-19All recent draws2012-06-02 →

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 feed8 10 12 20 21 39 + 2629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 4 of each

86times
102times
123times
203times
21

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-26

  • Lines in play≈ 9.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.8Mto 46k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 202lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • Match 635%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 421%NZ$602.0K
  • Match 3 + Bonus21%NZ$587.4K
  • 3 other tiers23%NZ$656.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.4 by chance

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6times
393times

Every number was expected about that many times after 29 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 (8, 10, 12) with the draw of 7 January 2012 — its closest relative in 29 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 63% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 20 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus12≈ 15 by chanceNZ$23,931
  • Match 5439≈ 479 by chanceNZ$680
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,250≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$57.00
  • Match 418,814≈ 19k by chanceNZ$32.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus25,539≈ 26k by chanceNZ$23.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,250 winners, 4% more than the 1.2k 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 + Bonus12NZ$23,931
    Match 5439NZ$680
    Match 4 + Bonus1,250NZ$57.00
    Match 418,814NZ$32.00
    Match 3 + Bonus25,539NZ$23.00