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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 29 February 2020

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 20
  4. 28
  5. 31
  6. 49
  7. 21

Jackpot$6,200,000

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 978 of 1,673 under them

← 2020-02-26All recent draws2020-03-04 →

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 feed3 4 20 28 31 49 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 February 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread58th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 99 of each

396times
4107times
2093times
28105times
31

Prize breakdown · 2020-02-29

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$44.2Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$13.8K
  • Match 435%$15.6K
  • Match 334%$14.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$6,200,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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123times
4988times

Every number was expected about that many times after 977 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 (3, 4, 20, 49) with the draw of 23 June 2018 — its closest relative in 977 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 37% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 February 2020): 4 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 13th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 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 2.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.19 by chance
$625,262
  • Match 511≈ 10 by chance$1,254
  • Match 4648≈ 667 by chance$24.00
  • Match 314,868≈ 15k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 648 winners, 3% fewer than the 667 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,200,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$625,262
    Match 511$1,254
    Match 4648$24.00
    Match 314,868$1.00
    Totals15,527—