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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 3 May 2012

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 22
  5. 23
  6. 48

Jackpot$14,700,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 244 of 2,033 under them

← 2012-04-30All recent draws2012-05-07 →

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 feed12 18 20 22 23 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd5th
  • low94th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread47th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

1239times
1828times
2034times
2221times
2328times
4834times

Every number was expected about that many times after 243 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 (20, 22, 48) with the draw of 2 January 2012 — its closest relative in 243 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2012): 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 15 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

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Prize breakdown · 2012-05-03

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$14.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60$14,700,000
  2. Match 50$2,710
  3. Match 40$57.00
  4. Match 30$3.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$14,700,000
Match 50$2,710
Match 40$57.00
Match 30$3.00
Totals0—

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