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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 7 March 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 15
  3. 23
  4. 25
  5. 29
  6. 34
  7. 1

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 458 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-03-03All recent draws2018-03-10 →

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 15 23 25 29 34 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd95th
  • low21th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 69 of each

374times
1581times
2367times
2564times
29

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-07

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$973.3Kto 164k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus16%NZ$159.7K
  • Match 432%NZ$313.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus31%NZ$305.6K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$194.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 1.3 by chance

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70times
3460times

Every number was expected about that many times after 457 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 3 of 6 numbers (25, 29, 34) with the draw of 7 February 2018 — its closest relative in 457 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 March 2018): 34 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 58th 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

15 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus7≈ 7.7 by chanceNZ$22,810
  • Match 5233≈ 253 by chanceNZ$680
  • Match 4 + Bonus618≈ 634 by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 49,786≈ 10k by chanceNZ$32.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus13,288≈ 14k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3139,701≈ 140k 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 — 9,786 winners, 3% fewer 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 60NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus7NZ$22,810
    Match 5233NZ$680
    Match 4 + Bonus618NZ$59.00
    Match 49,786NZ$32.00
    Match 3 + Bonus13,288NZ$23.00
    Match 3139,701NZ$0.00
    Totals0—