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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 34
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,402,529

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 201 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-03-03All recent draws2012-03-10 →

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 feed5 7 28 30 34 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 March 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread83th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

533times
732times
2828times
3027times
34

Prize breakdown · 2012-03-07

  • Lines in play≈ 302kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$52.5Kto 8.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.9K
  • Match 442%$22.0K
  • Match 347%$24.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$2,402,529
  2. Match 5

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27times
4227times

Every number was expected about that many times after 200 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 (5, 30, 42) with the draw of 21 January 2012 — its closest relative in 200 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 March 2012): 42 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 11 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 12 by chance
$533
  • Match 4523≈ 544 by chance$42.00
  • Match 38,223≈ 8.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈302k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 523 winners, 4% fewer than the 544 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,402,529
    Match 511$533
    Match 4523$42.00
    Match 38,223$3.00