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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 18
  5. 41
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,805,831

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 283 of 2,099 under them

← 2012-12-15All recent draws2012-12-22 →

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 feed8 12 15 18 41 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap97th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 40 of each

838times
1235times
1544times
1850times
41

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-19

  • Lines in play≈ 252kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$44.9Kto 7.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.1K
  • Match 443%$19.2K
  • Match 346%$20.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,805,831
  2. Match 5

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40times
4235times

Every number was expected about that many times after 282 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 (8, 12, 18, 41) with the draw of 28 July 2010 — its closest relative in 282 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 41% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4≈ 10 by chance
$1,285
  • Match 4426≈ 454 by chance$45.00
  • Match 36,857≈ 6.9k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈252k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,857 winners, 0% more than the 6.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,805,831
    Match 54$1,285
    Match 4426$45.00
    Match 36,857$3.00