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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 2 April 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 30
  6. 38
  7. 37

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 883 of 1,359 under them

← 2022-03-30All recent draws2022-04-06 →

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 9 17 18 30 38 + 3729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 April 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

2134times
9126times
17147times
18138times
30

Prize breakdown · 2022-04-02

  • Lines in play≈ 8.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$1.5Mto 267k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus16%NZ$249.8K
  • Match 432%NZ$487.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus32%NZ$493.5K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$305.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 2.1 by chance

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125times
38120times

Every number was expected about that many times after 882 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 (2, 17, 18, 30) with the draw of 16 January 2021 — its closest relative in 882 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 March 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 36th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 17 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus10≈ 13 by chanceNZ$24,976
  • Match 5365≈ 415 by chanceNZ$679
  • Match 4 + Bonus938≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$61.00
  • Match 416,256≈ 17k by chanceNZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus20,564≈ 22k by chanceNZ$24.00
  • Match 3228,466≈ 228k 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 — 938 winners, 9% 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 60NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus10NZ$24,976
    Match 5365NZ$679
    Match 4 + Bonus938NZ$61.00
    Match 416,256NZ$30.00
    Match 3 + Bonus20,564NZ$24.00
    Match 3228,466NZ$0.00
    Totals266,599—