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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 20
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 37

Jackpot$3,500,000

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 465 of 2,628 under them

← 2012-12-17All recent draws2012-12-22 →

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 feed8 10 20 26 28 3729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum27th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

860times
1058times
2061times
2674times
28

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-19

  • Lines in play≈ 605kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$55.0Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 57.3%$4.0K
  • Match 434%$19.0K
  • Match 358%$32.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$3,500,000
  2. Match 5

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59times
3759times

Every number was expected about that many times after 464 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 (10, 20, 37) with the draw of 15 September 2012 — its closest relative in 464 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2012): 37 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 26th 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

26 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4≈ 11 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4633≈ 586 by chance$30.00
  • Match 310,685≈ 11k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈605k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 633 winners, 8% more than the 586 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,500,000
    Match 54$1,000
    Match 4633$30.00
    Match 310,685$3.00
    Totals11,322—