LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 37

Jackpot$4,000,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 315 of 2,629 under them

← 2012-01-02All recent draws2012-01-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed20 22 23 24 31 3729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

2044times
2243times
2341times
2432times
31

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 566kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$53.8Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 515%$8K
  • Match 429%$15.8K
  • Match 356%$30K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$4,000,000
  2. Match 5

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

37times
3738times

Every number was expected about that many times after 314 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 (20, 22, 31) with the draw of 29 August 2011 — its closest relative in 314 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2012): 37 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23, 23–24. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 11 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 10 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4527≈ 549 by chance$30.00
  • Match 39,997≈ 10.0k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈566k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 527 winners, 4% fewer than the 549 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,000,000
    Match 58$1,000
    Match 4527$30.00
    Match 39,997$3.00
    Totals10,532—