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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 28 January 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 17
  3. 20
  4. 34
  5. 40
  6. 41

Jackpot$2,081,279

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 190 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-01-25All recent draws2012-02-01 →

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 feed15 17 20 34 40 4129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1527times
1721times
2035times
3426times
40

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-28

  • Lines in play≈ 255kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$55.4Kto 7.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.9K
  • Match 439%$21.6K
  • Match 350%$27.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$2,081,279
  2. Match 5

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28times
4125times

Every number was expected about that many times after 189 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 6 numbers (15, 17, 34) with the draw of 17 December 2011 — its closest relative in 189 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 January 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

167

The numbers add up to 167 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 12 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 11 by chance
$981
  • Match 4492≈ 460 by chance$44.00
  • Match 36,954≈ 7.0k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈255k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,954 winners, 0% more than the 7.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,081,279
    Match 56$981
    Match 4492$44.00
    Match 36,954$4.00