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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 9
  4. 11
  5. 13
  6. 42

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 278 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-08-24All recent draws2012-08-31 →

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 3 9 11 13 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap100th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread89th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

242times
334times
936times
1139times
13

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 277kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.8Kto 7.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 56 winnerschance said 9.0

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$13.7K
  • Match 437%$15.8K
  • Match 331%$13.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 56≈ 9.0 by chance$2,277
  2. Match 4

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29times
4241times

Every number was expected about that many times after 277 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, 13, 42) with the draw of 16 December 2011 — its closest relative in 277 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2012): 42 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

80

The numbers add up to 80 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 9 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 →
428≈ 414 by chance
$37.00
  • Match 36,630≈ 6.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈277k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,630 winners, 0% fewer than the 6.6k 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 56$2,277
    Match 4428$37.00
    Match 36,630$2.00
    Totals7,064—