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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 September 2012

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 25
  4. 31
  5. 39
  6. 42
  7. 49

Jackpot$11,500,000

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 198 of 1,672 under them

← 2012-09-05All recent draws2012-09-12 →

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 25 31 39 42 + 4929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 September 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread35th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

215times
915times
2518times
3118times
39

Prize breakdown · 2012-09-08

  • Lines in play≈ 2.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$75.1Kto 27k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$23.5K
  • Match 435%$26.1K
  • Match 334%$25.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$11,500,000

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20times
4220times

Every number was expected about that many times after 197 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 (25, 31, 42) with the draw of 11 July 2012 — its closest relative in 197 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 88% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 September 2012): 2 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 21th 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

39 had not appeared for 25 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 →
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.33 by chance$144,714
  • Match 524≈ 17 by chance$979
  • Match 41,187≈ 1.1k by chance$22.00
  • Match 325,528≈ 26k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,187 winners, 4% more 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$11,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$144,714
    Match 524$979
    Match 41,187$22.00
    Match 325,528$1.00
    Totals26,739—