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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 28 February 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 10
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 20
  6. 40
  7. 35

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 456 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-02-24All recent draws2018-03-03 →

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 10 16 18 20 40 + 3529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread92th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 68 of each

373times
1064times
1664times
1874times
20

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$1.9Mto 168k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 653%NZ$1M
  • Match 415%NZ$290.4K
  • Match 3 + Bonus15%NZ$284.6K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$326.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 1.3 by chance

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63times
4066times

Every number was expected about that many times after 455 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 (3, 10, 16, 18) with the draw of 4 July 2015 — its closest relative in 455 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2018): 16, 40 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 27th 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

18 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus4≈ 7.9 by chanceNZ$36,757
  • Match 5262≈ 262 by chanceNZ$557
  • Match 4 + Bonus525≈ 654 by chanceNZ$64.00
  • Match 410,755≈ 10k by chanceNZ$27.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus11,857≈ 14k by chanceNZ$24.00
  • Match 3144,265≈ 144k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 525 winners, 20% fewer than the 654 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus4NZ$36,757
    Match 5262NZ$557
    Match 4 + Bonus525NZ$64.00
    Match 410,755NZ$27.00
    Match 3 + Bonus11,857NZ$24.00
    Match 3144,265NZ$0.00
    Totals0—