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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 12 March 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 9
  3. 12
  4. 15
  5. 21
  6. 25
  7. 8

JackpotNZ$999,999

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 251 of 1,356 under them

← 2016-03-09All recent draws2016-03-16 →

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 feed7 9 12 15 21 25 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd95th
  • low79th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

735times
939times
1235times
1547times
21

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-12

  • Lines in play≈ 9.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.6Mto 46k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 200lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • Match 638%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 420%NZ$530.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus19%NZ$504.9K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$567.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 2.4 by chance

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39times
2525times

Every number was expected about that many times after 250 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 (9, 12, 15, 25) with the draw of 5 December 2015 — its closest relative in 250 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 43% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 March 2016): 9, 15 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

89

The numbers add up to 89 — the 10th 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

25 had not appeared for 14 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus21≈ 14 by chanceNZ$11,820
  • Match 5517≈ 473 by chanceNZ$499
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,231≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$50.00
  • Match 418,939≈ 19k by chanceNZ$28.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus25,246≈ 25k by chanceNZ$20.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,231 winners, 4% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 63NZ$333,333
    Match 5 + Bonus21NZ$11,820
    Match 5517NZ$499
    Match 4 + Bonus1,231NZ$50.00
    Match 418,939NZ$28.00
    Match 3 + Bonus25,246NZ$20.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—