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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 13
  4. 15
  5. 53
  6. 57
  7. 24

Jackpot$6,000,000

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 977 of 1,673 under them

← 2020-02-22All recent draws2020-02-29 →

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 feed4 9 13 15 53 57 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

4106times
9107times
1394times
15110times
53

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.7Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$12.3K
  • Match 435%$13.7K
  • Match 333%$12.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$6,000,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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115times
5793times

Every number was expected about that many times after 976 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 (4, 13, 53, 57) with the draw of 10 September 2016 — its closest relative in 976 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 37% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 February 2020): 9, 57 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 23th 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

13 had not appeared for 16 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 73% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.16 by chance
$607,069
  • Match 56≈ 8.5 by chance$2,058
  • Match 4549≈ 566 by chance$25.00
  • Match 312,609≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 549 winners, 3% fewer than the 566 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$607,069
    Match 56$2,058
    Match 4549$25.00
    Match 312,609$1.00
    Totals13,164—