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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 25
  6. 31

Jackpot$2,644,339

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 243 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-07-28All recent draws2012-08-04 →

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 feed4 16 18 20 25 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread27th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

443times
1640times
1839times
2044times
25

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-01

  • Lines in play≈ 306kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$52.5Kto 8.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.9K
  • Match 441%$21.6K
  • Match 348%$25.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$2,644,339
  2. Match 5

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33times
3136times

Every number was expected about that many times after 242 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 (4, 18, 25) with the draw of 7 April 2012 — its closest relative in 242 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 July 2012): 20 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 29th 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

18 had not appeared for 15 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
9≈ 13 by chance
$656
  • Match 4584≈ 551 by chance$37.00
  • Match 38,324≈ 8.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈306k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 584 winners, 6% more than the 551 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,644,339
    Match 59$656
    Match 4584$37.00
    Match 38,324$3.00