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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 29 February 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 32
  7. 37

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 665 of 1,359 under them

← 2020-02-26All recent draws2020-03-04 →

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 feed4 18 25 27 28 32 + 3729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

497times
18104times
2597times
2791times
28

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-29

  • Lines in play≈ 33Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$7.3Mto 1.1M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 69 winnerschance said 8.5

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus14%NZ$1M
  • Match 428%NZ$2M
  • Match 3 + Bonus28%NZ$2M
  • 3 other tiers31%NZ$2.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 69≈ 8.5 by chance

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95times
32101times

Every number was expected about that many times after 664 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 (4, 27, 28, 32) with the draw of 19 August 2017 — its closest relative in 664 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 78% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 February 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 20 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$111,111
  • Match 5 + Bonus39≈ 51 by chanceNZ$26,117
  • Match 51,552≈ 1.7k by chanceNZ$651
  • Match 4 + Bonus4,062≈ 4.2k by chanceNZ$57.00
  • Match 469,121≈ 67k by chanceNZ$29.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus87,399≈ 90k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3929,399≈ 929k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈33M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 — 1,552 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 69NZ$111,111
    Match 5 + Bonus39NZ$26,117
    Match 51,552NZ$651
    Match 4 + Bonus4,062NZ$57.00
    Match 469,121NZ$29.00
    Match 3 + Bonus87,399NZ$23.00
    Match 3929,399NZ$0.00
    Totals1,091,581—