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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 March 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 11
  4. 20
  5. 23
  6. 25
  7. 35

JackpotNZ$1,000,002

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 881 of 1,359 under them

← 2022-03-23All recent draws2022-03-30 →

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 feed2 5 11 20 23 25 + 3529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

2133times
5120times
11129times
20133times
23

Prize breakdown · 2022-03-26

  • Lines in play≈ 16Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$3.8Mto 526k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 66 winnerschance said 4.1

Where the money went

  • Match 626%NZ$1M
  • Match 424%NZ$915.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus23%NZ$879.3K
  • 3 other tiers26%NZ$1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 66≈ 4.1 by chance

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147times
25133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 880 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 (5, 11, 20, 25) with the draw of 8 April 2020 — its closest relative in 880 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 March 2022): 5, 23 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 8th 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

2 had not appeared for 18 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$166,667
  • Match 5 + Bonus16≈ 25 by chanceNZ$28,345
  • Match 5865≈ 815 by chanceNZ$520
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,850≈ 2.0k by chanceNZ$56.00
  • Match 433,910≈ 33k by chanceNZ$27.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus39,968≈ 43k by chanceNZ$22.00
  • Match 3449,348≈ 449k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈16M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,850 winners, 9% fewer than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 66NZ$166,667
    Match 5 + Bonus16NZ$28,345
    Match 5865NZ$520
    Match 4 + Bonus1,850NZ$56.00
    Match 433,910NZ$27.00
    Match 3 + Bonus39,968NZ$22.00
    Match 3449,348NZ$0.00
    Totals525,963—