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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 16 February 2012

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 21
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 42
  6. 46

Jackpot$5,200,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 222 of 2,033 under them

← 2012-02-13All recent draws2012-02-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 21 24 28 42 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 February 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

1728times
2126times
2428times
2831times
42

Prize breakdown · 2012-02-16

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$5.2M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$5,200,000
  2. Match 50$12,082
  3. Match 40$61.00

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32times
4634times

Every number was expected about that many times after 221 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 3 of 6 numbers (28, 42, 46) with the draw of 3 November 2011 — its closest relative in 221 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 February 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

178

The numbers add up to 178 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

46 had not appeared for 25 draws. A number waits about 8 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 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 30$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,200,000
    Match 50$12,082
    Match 40$61.00
    Match 30$3.00
    Totals0—