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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 25
  6. 31
  7. 10

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 454 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-02-17All recent draws2018-02-24 →

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 feed3 9 11 17 25 31 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd99th
  • low79th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

372times
972times
1169times
1775times
25

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-21

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$1.8Mto 167k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 655%NZ$1M
  • Match 415%NZ$267.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus14%NZ$264.1K
  • 3 other tiers16%NZ$302.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 1.3 by chance

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62times
3167times

Every number was expected about that many times after 453 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (3, 11, 25, 31) with the draw of 7 December 2013 — its closest relative in 453 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 2018): 31 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 15th 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

9 had not appeared for 24 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 2.7× 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 + Bonus4≈ 7.7 by chanceNZ$34,080
  • Match 5396≈ 255 by chanceNZ$341
  • Match 4 + Bonus688≈ 637 by chanceNZ$45.00
  • Match 411,135≈ 10k by chanceNZ$24.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus14,672≈ 14k by chanceNZ$18.00
  • Match 3140,522≈ 141k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 11,135 winners, 9% more than the 10k 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 + Bonus4NZ$34,080
    Match 5396NZ$341
    Match 4 + Bonus688NZ$45.00
    Match 411,135NZ$24.00
    Match 3 + Bonus14,672NZ$18.00
    Match 3140,522NZ$0.00
    Totals0—