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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 February 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 11
  3. 20
  4. 22
  5. 31
  6. 33
  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 245 of 1,355 under them

← 2016-02-17All recent draws2016-02-24 →

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 11 20 22 31 33 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 2016 — 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.

  • sum49th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

529times
1130times
2036times
2228times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 7.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.5Mto 37k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 197lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • Match 640%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 420%NZ$501.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus19%NZ$485.1K
  • 3 other tiers21%NZ$537.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 1.9 by chance

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40times
3341times

Every number was expected about that many times after 244 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 (5, 20, 22, 33) with the draw of 20 December 2014 — its closest relative in 244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 42% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 2016): 20, 33 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 48th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 12 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 + Bonus13≈ 11 by chanceNZ$18,083
  • Match 5401≈ 379 by chanceNZ$609
  • Match 4 + Bonus954≈ 948 by chanceNZ$61.00
  • Match 415,670≈ 15k by chanceNZ$32.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus20,214≈ 20k by chanceNZ$24.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 15,670 winners, 3% 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 61NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus13NZ$18,083
    Match 5401NZ$609
    Match 4 + Bonus954NZ$61.00
    Match 415,670NZ$32.00
    Match 3 + Bonus20,214NZ$24.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—