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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 February 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 26
  5. 27
  6. 36
  7. 12

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 873 of 1,359 under them

← 2022-02-23All recent draws2022-03-02 →

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 feed1 20 21 26 27 36 + 1229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 February 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 131 of each

1141times
20131times
21131times
26136times
27

Prize breakdown · 2022-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 8.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.6Mto 267k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 638%NZ$1M
  • Match 420%NZ$519.9K
  • Match 3 + Bonus19%NZ$506.3K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$588.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 2.1 by chance

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114times
36123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 872 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 (1, 20, 21, 36) with the draw of 20 July 2013 — its closest relative in 872 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 February 2022): 27 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 61th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21, 26–27. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 26 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 + Bonus10≈ 12 by chanceNZ$26,511
  • Match 5355≈ 411 by chanceNZ$741
  • Match 4 + Bonus952≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$63.00
  • Match 415,754≈ 16k by chanceNZ$33.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus23,015≈ 22k by chanceNZ$22.00
  • Match 3226,771≈ 227k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 952 winners, 7% fewer than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus10NZ$26,511
    Match 5355NZ$741
    Match 4 + Bonus952NZ$63.00
    Match 415,754NZ$33.00
    Match 3 + Bonus23,015NZ$22.00
    Match 3226,771NZ$0.00
    Totals266,858—