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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 23
  5. 41
  6. 13

Jackpot$20,000,000

The crowdHeld 3% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 282 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-09-08All recent draws2012-09-15 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 8 14 23 41 + 1329 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 September 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd65th
  • low89th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

735times
829times
1418times
2326times
41

Prize breakdown · 2012-09-12

  • Lines in play≈ 4.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$642.2Kto 185k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 23lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball18%$115.7K
  • Match 331%$198.7K
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball13%$86.6K
  • 5 other tiers38%$241.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.10 by chance

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33times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

1310times

Every number was expected about that many times after 281 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 3 of 5 numbers (7, 14, 23) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 May 2012 — its closest relative in 281 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 September 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

93

The numbers add up to 93 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$20,000,000
  • Match 52≈ 2.6 by chance$29,143
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball16≈ 21 by chance$1,821
  • Match 4517≈ 556 by chance$93.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball929≈ 876 by chance$47.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball12,853≈ 12k by chance$9.00
  • Match 322,083≈ 23k by chance$9.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball62,008≈ 57k by chance$1.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball86,597≈ 87k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Mega Ball — 12,853 winners, 10% more than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball0$20,000,000
    Match 52$29,143
    Match 4 + Mega Ball16$1,821
    Match 4517$93.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball929$47.00
    Match 322,083$9.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball12,853$9.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball62,008$1.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball86,597$1.00
    Totals185,005—