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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2011

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 19
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 54
  7. 8

Jackpot$3,000,000

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010draw 88 of 1,672 under them

← 2011-08-17All recent draws2011-08-24 →

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 feed2 9 19 42 43 54 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2011 — 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 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

27times
96times
1911times
4211times
43

Prize breakdown · 2011-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 2.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$75.9Kto 25k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$24.3K
  • Match 436%$27.5K
  • Match 332%$24.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$3,000,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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6times
549times

Every number was expected about that many times after 87 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 (2, 42, 54) with the draw of 16 April 2011 — its closest relative in 87 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2011): 42 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 39th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
0≈ 0.31 by chance
$63,256
  • Match 514≈ 16 by chance$1,733
  • Match 4981≈ 1.1k by chance$28.00
  • Match 324,153≈ 25k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 981 winners, 9% fewer than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$63,256
    Match 514$1,733
    Match 4981$28.00
    Match 324,153$1.00
    Totals25,148—