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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 14 January 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 29
  6. 38

Jackpot$1,529,869

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

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 186 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-01-11All recent draws2012-01-18 →

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 feed11 20 22 23 29 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread27th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

1119times
2034times
2228times
2321times
29

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-14

  • Lines in play≈ 283kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$50.5Kto 8.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$5.9K
  • Match 443%$21.5K
  • Match 346%$23.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,529,869
  2. Match 5

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25times
3817times

Every number was expected about that many times after 185 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 (11, 20, 22, 29) with the draw of 14 July 2010 — its closest relative in 185 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 29% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 January 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 68th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 12 by chance
$976
  • Match 4512≈ 511 by chance$42.00
  • Match 37,717≈ 7.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈283k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 512 winners, 0% more than the 511 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,529,869
    Match 56$976
    Match 4512$42.00
    Match 37,717$3.00