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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 29
  5. 37
  6. 53
  7. 40

Jackpot$6,500,000

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 443 of 1,672 under them

← 2015-01-10All recent draws2015-01-17 →

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 15 16 29 37 53 + 4029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 January 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

247times
1554times
1642times
2935times
37

Prize breakdown · 2015-01-14

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$48.3Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$15.6K
  • Match 436%$17.5K
  • Match 331%$15.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$6,500,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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37times
5350times

Every number was expected about that many times after 442 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 (2, 15, 29) with the draw of 25 October 2014 — its closest relative in 442 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 January 2015): 37 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 24th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 21 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 70% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.20 by chance
$106,432
  • Match 511≈ 10 by chance$1,422
  • Match 4625≈ 681 by chance$28.00
  • Match 315,181≈ 15k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 625 winners, 8% fewer than the 681 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$106,432
    Match 511$1,422
    Match 4625$28.00
    Match 315,181$1.00
    Totals15,817—