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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 31 December 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 11
  3. 15
  4. 24
  5. 27
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,900,000

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 940 of 1,616 under them

← 2020-12-28All recent draws2021-01-02 →

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 11 15 24 27 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 939 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 31 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 108 of each

2114times
11125times
15102times
24108times
27

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 616kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$211.6Kto 89k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 410%$22.1K
  • Match 323%$49.1K
  • Match 235%$74.1K
  • 6 other tiers31%$66.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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106times
42104times

Every number was expected about that many times after 939 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 (2, 11, 15, 42) with the draw of 27 July 2017 — its closest relative in 939 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2020): 2, 27 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

121

The numbers add up to 121 — the 14th 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

15 had not appeared for 11 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 40% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,900,000
  • Match 511≈ 8.4 by chance$1,442
  • Match 4526≈ 470 by chance$42.00
  • Match 39,821≈ 9.2k by chance$5.00
  • Match 274,114≈ 74k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$36,050
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,050
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot61$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot549$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,668$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,853$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈616k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,821 winners, 7% more 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 60$2,900,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$36,050
    Match 511$1,442
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,050
    Match 4526$42.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot61$125
    Match 39,821$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot549$25.00
    Match 274,114$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,668$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,853$5.00
    Totals88,606—