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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 2 October 2024

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 38
  3. 39
  4. 42
  5. 48
  6. 51
  7. 0

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 1,457 of 1,673 under them

← 2024-09-28All recent draws2024-10-05 →

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 38 39 42 48 51 + 029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 October 2024 — 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 11% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd20th
  • low5th
  • widest gap99th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread71th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 148 of each

2157times
38136times
39132times
42140times
48

Prize breakdown · 2024-10-02

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.4Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$13.4K
  • Match 437%$14.8K
  • Match 330%$12.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$15,500,000

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149times
51134times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,456 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (38, 39, 42, 48) with the draw of 28 April 2018 — its closest relative in 1,456 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 49% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 September 2024): 42 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

220

The numbers add up to 220 — the 83th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 88% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.16 by chance$104,099
  • Match 54≈ 8.2 by chance$3,348
  • Match 4512≈ 546 by chance$29.00
  • Match 312,164≈ 12k 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 — 512 winners, 6% fewer than the 546 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$15,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$104,099
    Match 54$3,348
    Match 4512$29.00
    Match 312,164$1.00
    Totals12,680—