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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 3 December 2016

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 42
  3. 49
  4. 53
  5. 54
  6. 59
  7. 20

Jackpot$4,100,000

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 640 of 1,672 under them

← 2016-11-30All recent draws2016-12-07 →

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 feed12 42 49 53 54 59 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 65 of each

1270times
4262times
4947times
5372times
54

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-03

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.7Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$15.9K
  • Match 438%$17.6K
  • Match 328%$13.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$4,100,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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64times
5967times

Every number was expected about that many times after 639 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 (42, 49, 59) with the draw of 18 May 2016 — its closest relative in 639 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 November 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

269

The numbers add up to 269 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 53–54. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

53 had not appeared for 24 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 88% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.17 by chance
$37,994
  • Match 54≈ 8.9 by chance$3,981
  • Match 4533≈ 592 by chance$33.00
  • Match 313,185≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 533 winners, 10% fewer than the 592 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,100,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$37,994
    Match 54$3,981
    Match 4533$33.00
    Match 313,185$1.00
    Totals13,722—