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Lotto · draw

Friday, 20 January 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 10
  4. 12
  5. 27
  6. 43

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 215 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-01-17All recent draws2012-01-24 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed1 6 10 12 27 4329 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 34% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

134times
629times
1026times
1237times
27

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 315kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$48.7Kto 8.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 59 winnerschance said 10

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$15.7K
  • Match 437%$18.0K
  • Match 331%$15.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 59≈ 10 by chance$1,744
  2. Match 4

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36times
4336times

Every number was expected about that many times after 214 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 (6, 10, 27, 43) with the draw of 13 January 2012 — its closest relative in 214 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 28% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 January 2012): 27 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 19 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
544≈ 470 by chance
$33.00
  • Match 37,525≈ 7.5k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈315k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,525 winners, 0% fewer than the 7.5k 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 59$1,744
    Match 4544$33.00
    Match 37,525$2.00
    Totals8,078—