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Lotto Texas · draw

Saturday, 6 October 2012

ResultLotto Texas

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 24
  5. 29
  6. 51

Jackpot$23,000,000

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 289 of 2,020 under them

← 2012-10-03All recent draws2012-10-10 →

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 feed12 15 20 24 29 5129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd50th
  • low78th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread44th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 32 of each

1230times
1524times
2037times
2435times
29

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-06

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$159.9Kto 24k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 71lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$37.2K
  • Match 435%$55.2K
  • Match 342%$67.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$23,000,000

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33times
5126times

Every number was expected about that many times after 288 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 (15, 24, 29, 51) with the draw of 19 March 2011 — its closest relative in 288 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 17% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 October 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 35th 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

12 had not appeared for 6 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 47% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 520≈ 19 by chance$1,862
  • Match 41,127≈ 1.1k by chance$49.00
  • Match 322,492≈ 22k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,127 winners, 2% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$23,000,000
    Match 520$1,862
    Match 41,127$49.00
    Match 322,492$3.00