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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 3 January 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 11
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 39

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

Rules6/44 · since Jan 2010draw 210 of 1,751 under them

← 2011-12-30All recent draws2012-01-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:41 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 4 11 27 28 3929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread67th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

325times
428times
1130times
2732times
28

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-03

  • Lines in play≈ 262kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.9Kto 6.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 510 winnerschance said 8.5

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$14.0K
  • Match 438%$16.3K
  • Match 329%$12.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 510≈ 8.5 by chance$1,398
  2. Match 4

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27times
3919times

Every number was expected about that many times after 209 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 3 of 6 numbers (3, 4, 11) with the draw of 8 March 2011 — its closest relative in 209 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2011): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4, 27–28. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 13 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
430≈ 392 by chance
$38.00
  • Match 36,266≈ 6.3k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈262k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,266 winners, 0% more than the 6.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60—
    Match 510$1,398
    Match 4430$38.00
    Match 36,266$2.00
    Totals6,706—