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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 2 May 2015

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 27
  4. 32
  5. 36
  6. 37
  7. 24

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 183 of 1,357 under them

← 2015-04-25All recent draws2015-05-09 →

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 13 27 32 36 37 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

828times
1332times
2731times
3224times
36

Prize breakdown · 2015-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 8.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.7Mto 41k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 204lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • Match 637%NZ$1M
  • Match 421%NZ$572.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$547K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$613.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.2 by chance

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28times
3726times

Every number was expected about that many times after 182 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 4 of 6 numbers (13, 32, 36, 37) with the draw of 19 May 2012 — its closest relative in 182 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 April 2015): 37 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 25 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus9≈ 13 by chanceNZ$29,797
  • Match 5356≈ 427 by chanceNZ$783
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,034≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$64.00
  • Match 416,365≈ 17k by chanceNZ$35.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus22,790≈ 23k by chanceNZ$24.00
    • 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 — 16,365 winners, 4% 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 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus9NZ$29,797
    Match 5356NZ$783
    Match 4 + Bonus1,034NZ$64.00
    Match 416,365NZ$35.00
    Match 3 + Bonus22,790NZ$24.00