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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 31 December 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 24
  6. 28

Jackpot$1,760,076

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 494 of 2,099 under them

← 2014-12-27All recent draws2015-01-03 →

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 feed1 5 22 23 24 2829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours92th
  • spread27th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 70 of each

172times
575times
2263times
2368times
24

Prize breakdown · 2014-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 273kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.5Kto 7.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.4K
  • Match 442%$19.9K
  • Match 347%$22.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,760,076
  2. Match 5

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70times
2871times

Every number was expected about that many times after 493 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 (1, 22, 24, 28) with the draw of 12 May 2012 — its closest relative in 493 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 60% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23, 23–24. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 10 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 2.2× 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 →
13≈ 11 by chance
$412
  • Match 4509≈ 491 by chance$39.00
  • Match 37,420≈ 7.4k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈273k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,420 winners, 0% more than the 7.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,760,076
    Match 513$412
    Match 4509$39.00
    Match 37,420$3.00