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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 15
  4. 16
  5. 19
  6. 20

Jackpot$3,775,769

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 265 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-10-13All recent draws2012-10-20 →

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 15 16 19 2029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

15oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 15 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum5th
  • odd79th
  • low99th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours92th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

545times
740times
1541times
1646times
19

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-17

  • Lines in play≈ 338kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$56.5Kto 9.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$6.2K
  • Match 440%$22.7K
  • Match 349%$27.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$3,775,769
  2. Match 5

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36times
2046times

Every number was expected about that many times after 264 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 (5, 7, 15, 20) with the draw of 1 October 2011 — its closest relative in 264 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 39% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 October 2012): 5, 15 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 19–20. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
15≈ 14 by chance
$413
  • Match 4648≈ 609 by chance$35.00
  • Match 39,208≈ 9.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈338k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 648 winners, 6% more than the 609 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,775,769
    Match 515$413
    Match 4648$35.00
    Match 39,208$3.00