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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 24
  3. 36
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 41

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 240 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-04-13All recent draws2012-04-20 →

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 feed17 24 36 38 39 4129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 April 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum98th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap37th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

1740times
2434times
3639times
3843times
3922times
4137times

Every number was expected about that many times after 239 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 (17, 38, 39) with the draw of 9 December 2011 — its closest relative in 239 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 April 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

195

The numbers add up to 195 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 11 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 53% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2012-04-17

  • Lines in play≈ 153kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35.6Kto 3.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 57 winnerschance said 4.9

Where the money went

  • Match 537%$13.1K
  • Match 443%$15.2K
  • Match 321%$7.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 57≈ 4.9 by chance$1,872
  2. Match 4195≈ 228 by chance$78.00
  3. Match 33,651≈ 3.7k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈153k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,651 winners, 0% more than the 3.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60—
Match 57$1,872
Match 4195$78.00
Match 33,651$2.00
Totals3,853—

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