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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 18
  4. 24
  5. 27
  6. 38

Jackpot$5,624,131

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 275 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-11-17All recent draws2012-11-24 →

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 7 18 24 27 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

236times
741times
1847times
2441times
27

Prize breakdown · 2012-11-21

  • Lines in play≈ 440kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$76.5Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$8.5K
  • Match 442%$32.0K
  • Match 347%$35.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$5,624,131
  2. Match 5

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35times
3834times

Every number was expected about that many times after 274 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 (2, 7, 24, 27) with the draw of 8 September 2012 — its closest relative in 274 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 40% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 November 2012): 24 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 32th 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

2 had not appeared for 14 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 →
21≈ 18 by chance
$406
  • Match 4800≈ 793 by chance$40.00
  • Match 311,979≈ 12k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈440k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 800 winners, 1% more than the 793 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,624,131
    Match 521$406
    Match 4800$40.00
    Match 311,979$3.00