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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 5 January 2013

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 26
  4. 38
  5. 51
  6. 58
  7. 49

Jackpot$11,900,000

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 232 of 1,672 under them

← 2013-01-02All recent draws2013-01-09 →

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 feed3 8 26 38 51 58 + 4929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 January 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

318times
830times
2620times
3823times
51

Prize breakdown · 2013-01-05

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$86.6Kto 28k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$27.9K
  • Match 436%$31.4K
  • Match 331%$27.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$11,900,000

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20times
5810times

Every number was expected about that many times after 231 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 (8, 26, 38) with the draw of 30 June 2012 — its closest relative in 231 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2013): 3, 8 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

184

The numbers add up to 184 — the 53th 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

58 had not appeared for 84 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.35 by chance$64,305
  • Match 524≈ 18 by chance$1,163
  • Match 41,123≈ 1.2k by chance$28.00
  • Match 327,225≈ 28k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,123 winners, 8% fewer 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$11,900,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$64,305
    Match 524$1,163
    Match 41,123$28.00
    Match 327,225$1.00
    Totals28,372—