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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 27
  4. 29
  5. 37
  6. 43
  7. 59

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 1,173 of 1,672 under them

← 2022-01-08All recent draws2022-01-15 →

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 feed8 18 27 29 37 43 + 5929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

8125times
18118times
27144times
29111times
37

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-12

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$32.1Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$10.2K
  • Match 435%$11.3K
  • Match 333%$10.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$3,200,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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117times
43124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,172 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 (18, 27, 29, 37) with the draw of 2 June 2018 — its closest relative in 1,172 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 42% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 January 2022): 18, 27 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

162

The numbers add up to 162 — the 33th 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

29 had not appeared for 18 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 68% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.14 by chance
$45,106
  • Match 56≈ 7.2 by chance$1,702
  • Match 4491≈ 474 by chance$23.00
  • Match 310,574≈ 11k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 10,574 winners, 2% fewer than the 11k 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$45,106
    Match 56$1,702
    Match 4491$23.00
    Match 310,574$1.00
    Totals11,071—