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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 23 December 2020

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 43
  6. 45
  7. 34

Jackpot$13,200,000

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 1,063 of 1,673 under them

← 2020-12-19All recent draws2020-12-26 →

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 feed1 7 16 21 43 45 + 3429 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 December 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 108 of each

1111times
791times
16106times
21118times
43

Prize breakdown · 2020-12-23

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$45.2Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$14.2K
  • Match 435%$15.9K
  • Match 333%$15.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$13,200,000

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113times
4586times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,062 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 (21, 43, 45) with the draw of 16 September 2020 — its closest relative in 1,062 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2020): 1, 21 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 12th 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

43 had not appeared for 9 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 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.20 by chance$35,505
  • Match 510≈ 10 by chance$1,421
  • Match 4613≈ 677 by chance$26.00
  • Match 315,087≈ 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 — 613 winners, 9% fewer than the 677 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$13,200,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$35,505
    Match 510$1,421
    Match 4613$26.00
    Match 315,087$1.00
    Totals15,710—