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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 12 December 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 36
  5. 40
  6. 42

Jackpot$11,600,000

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 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 932 of 1,616 under them

← 2020-12-10All recent draws2020-12-14 →

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 feed2 12 16 36 40 4229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 931 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 12 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd1th
  • low50th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

2112times
12101times
16133times
36119times
40

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-12

  • Lines in play≈ 618kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$11.8Mto 88k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 698%$11.6M
  • Match 30.4%$44.8K
  • Match 20.6%$74.3K
  • 7 other tiers0.8%$91.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.03 by chance

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102times
42103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 931 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 (12, 16, 42) with the draw of 7 November 2020 — its closest relative in 931 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 December 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 had not appeared for 37 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$11,600,000
  • Match 510≈ 8.4 by chance$1,697
  • Match 4447≈ 471 by chance$52.50
  • Match 38,950≈ 9.2k by chance$5.00
  • Match 274,274≈ 74k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$42,425
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot5$1,313
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot51$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot483$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,654$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,917$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈618k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,950 winners, 3% fewer than the 9.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$11,600,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$42,425
    Match 510$1,697
    Match 4 + Extra Shot5$1,313
    Match 4447$52.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot51$125
    Match 38,950$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot483$25.00
    Match 274,274$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,654$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,917$5.00
    Totals87,792—