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Lotto Texas · draw

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

ResultLotto Texas

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 26
  4. 31
  5. 38
  6. 51

Jackpot$28,000,000

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 294 of 2,020 under them

← 2012-10-20All recent draws2012-10-27 →

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 3 26 31 38 5129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 October 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd78th
  • low50th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours27th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

143times
331times
2635times
3131times
38

Prize breakdown · 2012-10-24

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$142.3Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 71lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 524%$33.8K
  • Match 435%$49.9K
  • Match 341%$58.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$28,000,000

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36times
5127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 293 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, 31, 38) with the draw of 16 May 2012 — its closest relative in 293 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 October 2012): 1 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 34th 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

38 had not appeared for 16 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 513≈ 16 by chance$2,601
  • Match 4860≈ 955 by chance$58.00
  • Match 319,529≈ 20k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 860 winners, 10% fewer than the 955 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$28,000,000
    Match 513$2,601
    Match 4860$58.00
    Match 319,529$3.00