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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 24
  5. 35
  6. 41
  7. 42

Jackpot$13,700,000

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 559 of 1,672 under them

← 2016-02-20All recent draws2016-02-27 →

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 feed1 12 15 24 35 41 + 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 26% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap9th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread35th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

164times
1261times
1565times
2458times
35

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$52.8Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$16.4K
  • Match 435%$18.5K
  • Match 334%$17.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$13,700,000

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65times
4167times

Every number was expected about that many times after 558 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 (1, 12, 15, 41) with the draw of 11 September 2013 — its closest relative in 558 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 23% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 February 2016): 24 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 10th 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

12 had not appeared for 22 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 68% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.23 by chance$46,360
  • Match 59≈ 12 by chance$1,820
  • Match 4772≈ 802 by chance$24.00
  • Match 317,882≈ 18k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 772 winners, 4% fewer than the 802 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$13,700,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$46,360
    Match 59$1,820
    Match 4772$24.00
    Match 317,882$1.00
    Totals18,663—