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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 24
  3. 26
  4. 31
  5. 36
  6. 38
  7. 40

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 768 of 1,359 under them

← 2021-02-20All recent draws2021-02-27 →

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 24 26 31 36 38 + 4029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 115 of each

7114times
24120times
26116times
31111times
36

Prize breakdown · 2021-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 9.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.9Mto 313k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 65 winnerschance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • Match 634%NZ$1M
  • Match 421%NZ$617.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus21%NZ$598.6K
  • 3 other tiers24%NZ$698.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 65≈ 2.4 by chance

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110times
3899times

Every number was expected about that many times after 767 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 (24, 26, 36) with the draw of 22 August 2020 — its closest relative in 767 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2021): 7 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

162

The numbers add up to 162 — the 93th 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

36 had not appeared for 15 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$200,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus16≈ 15 by chanceNZ$19,651
  • Match 5457≈ 484 by chanceNZ$682
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,220≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 418,705≈ 19k by chanceNZ$33.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus26,026≈ 26k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3266,673≈ 267k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 18,705 winners, 3% fewer than the 19k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 65NZ$200,000
    Match 5 + Bonus16NZ$19,651
    Match 5457NZ$682
    Match 4 + Bonus1,220NZ$59.00
    Match 418,705NZ$33.00
    Match 3 + Bonus26,026NZ$23.00
    Match 3266,673NZ$0.00
    Totals313,102—