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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 26 December 2018

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 22
  5. 45
  6. 46
  7. 27

Jackpot$3,200,000

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 855 of 1,672 under them

← 2018-12-22All recent draws2018-12-29 →

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 8 16 22 45 46 + 2729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 87 of each

293times
894times
1688times
2283times
45

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-26

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$39.9Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$12.5K
  • Match 434%$13.7K
  • Match 334%$13.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$3,200,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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74times
4678times

Every number was expected about that many times after 854 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 (16, 22, 46) with the draw of 3 August 2016 — its closest relative in 854 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 45–46. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 12 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.18 by chance
$50,032
  • Match 57≈ 9.2 by chance$1,791
  • Match 4624≈ 611 by chance$22.00
  • Match 313,620≈ 14k 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 — 624 winners, 2% more than the 611 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,200,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$50,032
    Match 57$1,791
    Match 4624$22.00
    Match 313,620$1.00
    Totals14,251—