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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 3 March 2012

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 29
  2. 30
  3. 31
  4. 35
  5. 47
  6. 57
  7. 59

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 144 of 1,672 under them

← 2012-02-29All recent draws2012-03-07 →

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 feed29 30 31 35 47 57 + 5929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd94th
  • low20th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread7th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 15 of each

2912times
3010times
3112times
3514times
47

Prize breakdown · 2012-03-03

  • Lines in play≈ 2.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$74.8Kto 22k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$25.2K
  • Match 438%$28.4K
  • Match 328%$21.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$5,000,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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8times
5713times

Every number was expected about that many times after 143 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 2 of 6 numbers (35, 57) with the draw of 29 February 2012 — its closest relative in 143 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 February 2012): 35, 57 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

229

The numbers add up to 229 — the 88th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30, 30–31. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 20 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 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 79% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.28 by chance
$147,616
  • Match 514≈ 14 by chance$1,800
  • Match 4861≈ 952 by chance$33.00
  • Match 321,220≈ 22k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 861 winners, 10% fewer than the 952 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 + Bonus0$147,616
    Match 514$1,800
    Match 4861$33.00
    Match 321,220$1.00
    Totals22,095—