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Lotto · draw

Friday, 11 May 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 36

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 247 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-05-08All recent draws2012-05-15 →

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 feed2 8 14 26 28 3629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 11 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd1th
  • low50th
  • widest gap37th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

240times
832times
1428times
2629times
28

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-11

  • Lines in play≈ 247kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$44.3Kto 6.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 8.0

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$15.0K
  • Match 440%$17.5K
  • Match 327%$11.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 8.0 by chance$14,999
  2. Match 4

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30times
3641times

Every number was expected about that many times after 246 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 (8, 26, 28, 36) with the draw of 17 February 2012 — its closest relative in 246 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 31% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 May 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 24th 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

2 had not appeared for 17 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
407≈ 368 by chance
$43.00
  • Match 35,893≈ 5.9k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈247k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,893 winners, 0% more than the 5.9k 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 51$14,999
    Match 4407$43.00
    Match 35,893$2.00
    Totals6,301—