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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 April 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 25
  5. 29
  6. 31
  7. 32

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 130 of 1,357 under them

← 2014-04-19All recent draws2014-05-03 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed12 17 18 25 29 31 + 3229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 April 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 19 of each

1219times
1717times
1823times
2512times
29

Prize breakdown · 2014-04-26

  • Lines in play≈ 8.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.9Mto 45k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 194lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • Match 635%NZ$1M
  • Match 421%NZ$617.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus21%NZ$595K
  • 3 other tiers23%NZ$670.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 2.3 by chance

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19times
3122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 129 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 (12, 17, 25) with the draw of 31 August 2013 — its closest relative in 129 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 April 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 18 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus13≈ 14 by chanceNZ$22,529
  • Match 5449≈ 446 by chanceNZ$678
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,073≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$68.00
  • Match 419,306≈ 18k by chanceNZ$32.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus23,801≈ 24k by chanceNZ$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 19,306 winners, 8% more than the 18k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus13NZ$22,529
    Match 5449NZ$678
    Match 4 + Bonus1,073NZ$68.00
    Match 419,306NZ$32.00
    Match 3 + Bonus23,801NZ$25.00