LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇳🇿 0800 654 655all helplines →

Lotto · draw

Saturday, 28 February 2015

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 25
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 40
  7. 17

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 174 of 1,357 under them

← 2015-02-21All recent draws2015-03-07 →

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 feed5 6 25 30 31 40 + 1729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

520times
625times
2517times
3024times
31

Prize breakdown · 2015-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 8.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.7Mto 40k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 206lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • Match 638%NZ$1M
  • Match 421%NZ$547.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$527K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$588.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 2.2 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

29times
4027times

Every number was expected about that many times after 173 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 (5, 30, 31) with the draw of 14 September 2013 — its closest relative in 173 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2015): 6, 31 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6, 30–31. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 16 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus17≈ 13 by chanceNZ$15,127
  • Match 5405≈ 430 by chanceNZ$660
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,048≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$61.00
  • Match 416,113≈ 17k by chanceNZ$34.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus22,914≈ 23k by chanceNZ$23.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 16,113 winners, 6% fewer than the 17k 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 + Bonus17NZ$15,127
    Match 5405NZ$660
    Match 4 + Bonus1,048NZ$61.00
    Match 416,113NZ$34.00
    Match 3 + Bonus22,914NZ$23.00