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Classic Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

ResultClassic Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 15
  4. 18
  5. 43
  6. 48

Jackpot$8,700,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 366 of 2,627 under them

← 2012-04-30All recent draws2012-05-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:51 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 11 15 18 43 4829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread87th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

441times
1142times
1541times
1850times
43

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-02

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$8.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$8,700,000
  2. Match 50$1,500
  3. Match 40$70.00

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48times
4843times

Every number was expected about that many times after 365 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, 11, 15, 48) with the draw of 3 January 2011 — its closest relative in 365 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2012): 11 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

139

The numbers add up to 139 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 20 draws. A number waits about 8 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 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 30$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,700,000
    Match 50$1,500
    Match 40$70.00
    Match 30$2.00