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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 26
  4. 41
  5. 47
  6. 55
  7. 21

Jackpot$8,500,000

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 161 of 1,672 under them

← 2012-04-28All recent draws2012-05-05 →

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 8 26 41 47 55 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

79oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 79 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum49th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

211times
820times
2612times
4118times
47

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$151.8Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus58%$87.6K
  • Match 514%$21K
  • Match 415%$23.5K
  • 1 other tier13%$19.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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10times
5526times

Every number was expected about that many times after 160 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 (26, 47, 55) with the draw of 12 October 2011 — its closest relative in 160 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 April 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

179

The numbers add up to 179 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

55 had not appeared for 14 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 →
$8,500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 0.26 by chance$87,564
  • Match 511≈ 13 by chance$1,912
  • Match 4809≈ 885 by chance$29.00
  • Match 319,722≈ 20k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 809 winners, 9% fewer than the 885 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus1$87,564
    Match 511$1,912
    Match 4809$29.00
    Match 319,722$1.00
    Totals20,543—