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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 37
  6. 39

Jackpot$2,090,865

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 285 of 2,101 under them

← 2012-12-22All recent draws2012-12-29 →

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 feed16 17 28 31 37 3929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

1650times
1737times
2840times
3141times
37

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-26

  • Lines in play≈ 244kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51.9Kto 7.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 510%$5.4K
  • Match 438%$19.9K
  • Match 351%$26.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$2,090,865
  2. Match 5

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41times
3938times

Every number was expected about that many times after 284 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 (16, 28, 31, 39) with the draw of 27 June 2012 — its closest relative in 284 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 41% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 9 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 10 by chance
$487
  • Match 4442≈ 440 by chance$45.00
  • Match 36,651≈ 6.7k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈244k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,651 winners, 0% more than the 6.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,090,865
    Match 511$487
    Match 4442$45.00
    Match 36,651$4.00