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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 27
  2. 39
  3. 42
  4. 43
  5. 46
  6. 48

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/52 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2012draw 374 of 442 under them

← 2012-05-21All recent draws2012-05-26 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed27 39 42 43 46 4829 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2012 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 373 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd50th
  • low1th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread3th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

2746times
3945times
4252times
4342times
46

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43times
4835times

Every number was expected about that many times after 373 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (27, 39, 42, 48) with the draw of 16 April 2012 — its closest relative in 373 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

245

The numbers add up to 245 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 24 draws. A number waits about 9 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 81% of the jackpot.

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

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