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Lotto Texas · draw

Saturday, 5 May 2012

ResultLotto Texas

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 14
  4. 26
  5. 33
  6. 42

Jackpot$26,000,000

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

Rules6/54 · since Jan 2010draw 245 of 2,020 under them

← 2012-05-02All recent draws2012-05-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:54 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 6 14 26 33 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 May 2012 — 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
  • odd22th
  • low78th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 27 of each

135times
635times
1428times
2628times
33

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-05

  • Lines in play≈ 1.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$181.4Kto 27k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 71lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$41.6K
  • Match 434%$61.6K
  • Match 343%$78.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$26,000,000

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28times
4227times

Every number was expected about that many times after 244 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 (1, 14, 26) with the draw of 8 June 2011 — its closest relative in 244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2012): 1, 42 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 165. No two numbers side by side. 46% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 24 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 56% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 517≈ 22 by chance$2,445
  • Match 41,162≈ 1.3k by chance$53.00
  • Match 326,098≈ 26k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,162 winners, 9% fewer than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$26,000,000
    Match 517$2,445
    Match 41,162$53.00
    Match 326,098$3.00