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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 7 January 2012

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 36
  6. 48
  7. 34

Jackpot$5,000,000

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 128 of 1,672 under them

← 2012-01-04All recent draws2012-01-11 →

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 feed6 8 26 27 36 48 + 3429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

611times
816times
2610times
2721times
36

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-07

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$237.8Kto 28k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus67%$159.9K
  • Match 411%$26.8K
  • Match 311%$26.9K
  • 1 other tier10%$24.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance

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18times
4810times

Every number was expected about that many times after 127 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 (6, 8, 27) with the draw of 24 September 2011 — its closest relative in 127 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2012): 27 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 23th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

48 had not appeared for 19 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 0.35 by chance$159,910
  • Match 515≈ 18 by chance$1,611
  • Match 41,276≈ 1.2k by chance$21.00
  • Match 326,891≈ 27k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,276 winners, 6% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus1$159,910
    Match 515$1,611
    Match 41,276$21.00
    Match 326,891$1.00
    Totals28,183—