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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 February 2018

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 25
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 37
  6. 43
  7. 17

Jackpot$5,900,000

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 768 of 1,672 under them

← 2018-02-21All recent draws2018-02-28 →

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 feed7 25 26 29 37 43 + 1729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 February 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread22th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

764times
2588times
2676times
2965times
37

Prize breakdown · 2018-02-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.6Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$14.9K
  • Match 435%$16.7K
  • Match 334%$16K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$5,900,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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72times
4384times

Every number was expected about that many times after 767 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 (7, 29, 43) with the draw of 10 January 2018 — its closest relative in 767 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2018): 25 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

167

The numbers add up to 167 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 6 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 67% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.21 by chance
$127,066
  • Match 58≈ 11 by chance$1,868
  • Match 4666≈ 717 by chance$25.00
  • Match 315,990≈ 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 — 666 winners, 7% fewer than the 717 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,900,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$127,066
    Match 58$1,868
    Match 4666$25.00
    Match 315,990$1.00
    Totals16,664—