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Lotto · draw

Monday, 29 December 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 31
  3. 42
  4. 44
  5. 45
  6. 46
  7. 2

Jackpot$13,750,000

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

Rules6/52 + 1/25 · Oct 2012 – Jan 2015draw 339 of 339 under them

← 2014-12-27All recent draws2015-01-01 →

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 feed15 31 42 44 45 46 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 + 1/25 · Oct 2012 – Jan 2015 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 338 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 December 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread20th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

1536times
3147times
4240times
4440times
4543times
4634times
Stars · a separate 1-of-25 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 338 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 (15, 42, 45) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 July 2014 — its closest relative in 338 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 December 2014): 31, 42 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

223

The numbers add up to 223 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 44–45, 45–46. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 14 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2014-12-29

  • Lines in play≈ 600kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$179.1Kto 81k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 414%$24.7K
  • Match 323%$41.6K
  • Match 239%$69.3K
  • 5 other tiers24%$43.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$13,750,000
  2. Match 58≈ 8.1 by chance$2,206
  3. Match 4423≈ 458 by chance$58.50
  4. Match 38,323≈ 8.9k by chance$5.00
  5. Match 269,268≈ 72k by chance$1.00
  6. Match 3 plus Extra Shot24$125
  7. Match 2 plus Extra Shot272$25.00
  8. Match 1 plus Extra Shot950$10.00
  9. Match 0 plus Extra Shot1,302$5.00
  10. Match 5 plus Extra Shot0no winners
  11. Match 4 plus Extra Shot0no winners
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈600k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,323 winners, 7% fewer than the 8.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$13,750,000
Match 5 plus Extra Shot0$0.00
Match 58$2,206
Match 4 plus Extra Shot0$0.00
Match 4423$58.50
Match 3 plus Extra Shot24$125
Match 38,323$5.00
Match 2 plus Extra Shot272$25.00
Match 269,268$1.00
Match 1 plus Extra Shot950$10.00
Match 0 plus Extra Shot1,302$5.00