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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 February 2015

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 21
  3. 23
  4. 50
  5. 52
  6. 53
  7. 57

Jackpot$9,800,000

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 454 of 1,672 under them

← 2015-02-18All recent draws2015-02-25 →

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 feed8 21 23 50 52 53 + 5729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 February 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

850times
2147times
2348times
5057times
52

Prize breakdown · 2015-02-21

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$53.6Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$17.9K
  • Match 437%$19.8K
  • Match 330%$15.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$9,800,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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47times
5353times

Every number was expected about that many times after 453 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 4 of 6 numbers (8, 23, 50, 52) with the draw of 24 December 2014 — its closest relative in 453 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 19% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 February 2015): 53 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

207

The numbers add up to 207 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 52–53. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 17 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 75% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.21 by chance
$68,873
  • Match 56≈ 11 by chance$2,976
  • Match 4661≈ 714 by chance$30.00
  • Match 315,918≈ 16k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 661 winners, 7% fewer than the 714 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,800,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$68,873
    Match 56$2,976
    Match 4661$30.00
    Match 315,918$1.00
    Totals16,585—