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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 31 January 2015

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 32
  7. 30

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 170 of 1,357 under them

← 2015-01-24All recent draws2015-02-07 →

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 15 16 28 31 32 + 3029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 January 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 73% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

826times
1529times
1623times
2823times
31

Prize breakdown · 2015-01-31

  • Lines in play≈ 7.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.7Mto 38k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 198lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • Match 637%NZ$1M
  • Match 421%NZ$554.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$536K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$594.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.0 by chance

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27times
3222times

Every number was expected about that many times after 169 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 (8, 28) with the draw of 24 January 2015 — its closest relative in 169 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 January 2015): 8, 28 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 31–32. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 11 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$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus11≈ 12 by chanceNZ$23,631
  • Match 5341≈ 387 by chanceNZ$792
  • Match 4 + Bonus989≈ 966 by chanceNZ$65.00
  • Match 415,849≈ 15k by chanceNZ$35.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus20,617≈ 21k by chanceNZ$26.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 15,849 winners, 2% more than the 15k 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 + Bonus11NZ$23,631
    Match 5341NZ$792
    Match 4 + Bonus989NZ$65.00
    Match 415,849NZ$35.00
    Match 3 + Bonus20,617NZ$26.00