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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 July 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 10
  4. 16
  5. 22
  6. 41

Jackpot$2,201,419

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 240 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-07-18All recent draws2012-07-25 →

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 feed2 6 10 16 22 4129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 July 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

231times
633times
1028times
1639times
22

Prize breakdown · 2012-07-21

  • Lines in play≈ 303kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$52.7Kto 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%$24.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$2,201,419
  2. Match 5

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34times
4133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 239 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 (16, 22, 41) with the draw of 7 January 2012 — its closest relative in 239 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 July 2012): 10, 41 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 12th 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

6 had not appeared for 16 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
13≈ 12 by chance
$452
  • Match 4551≈ 546 by chance$40.00
  • Match 38,253≈ 8.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈303k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 551 winners, 1% more than the 546 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,201,419
    Match 513$452
    Match 4551$40.00
    Match 38,253$3.00