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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 18
  3. 20
  4. 21
  5. 32
  6. 42
  7. 51

Jackpot$12,600,000

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 353 of 1,672 under them

← 2014-03-01All recent draws2014-03-08 →

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 feed17 18 20 21 32 42 + 5129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

28oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 28 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

1748times
1836times
2035times
2133times
32

Prize breakdown · 2014-03-05

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$169.6Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus63%$107.3K
  • Match 512%$20.2K
  • Match 413%$22.3K
  • 1 other tier12%$19.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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27times
4237times

Every number was expected about that many times after 352 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 (18, 20, 42) with the draw of 17 August 2011 — its closest relative in 352 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 March 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 23th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18, 20–21. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 31 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 71% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$12,600,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 0.26 by chance$107,255
  • Match 59≈ 13 by chance$2,239
  • Match 4827≈ 889 by chance$27.00
  • Match 319,823≈ 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 — 827 winners, 7% fewer than the 889 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$12,600,000
    Match 5 + Bonus1$107,255
    Match 59$2,239
    Match 4827$27.00
    Match 319,823$1.00
    Totals20,660—