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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 17
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 29
  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 246 of 1,356 under them

← 2016-02-20All recent draws2016-02-27 →

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 feed2 5 17 19 20 29 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

237times
530times
1743times
1949times
20

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 4.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$790.2Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 198lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 1.0

Where the money went

  • Match 516%NZ$126.9K
  • Match 433%NZ$258.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus32%NZ$252.3K
  • 2 other tiers19%NZ$152.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 1.0 by chance

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37times
2929times

Every number was expected about that many times after 245 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 (17, 19, 29) with the draw of 28 November 2015 — its closest relative in 245 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2016): 5, 20 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 9 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus6≈ 6.2 by chanceNZ$20,353
  • Match 5204≈ 206 by chanceNZ$622
  • Match 4 + Bonus593≈ 514 by chanceNZ$51.00
  • Match 48,344≈ 8.2k by chanceNZ$31.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus10,971≈ 11k by chanceNZ$23.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 593 winners, 15% more than the 514 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus6NZ$20,353
    Match 5204NZ$622
    Match 4 + Bonus593NZ$51.00
    Match 48,344NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Bonus10,971NZ$23.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—