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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 December 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 13
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 25
  6. 27

Jackpot$3,700,000

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 466 of 2,628 under them

← 2012-12-19All recent draws2012-12-24 →

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 feed1 13 23 24 25 2729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd94th
  • low94th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

163times
1355times
2361times
2447times
25

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 859kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$91.0Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$21.0K
  • Match 427%$24.5K
  • Match 350%$45.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$3,700,000
  2. Match 5

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51times
2765times

Every number was expected about that many times after 465 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, 13, 23) with the draw of 6 June 2012 — its closest relative in 465 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 13th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24, 24–25. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 31 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
21≈ 16 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4817≈ 832 by chance$30.00
  • Match 315,164≈ 15k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈859k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 817 winners, 2% fewer than the 832 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,700,000
    Match 521$1,000
    Match 4817$30.00
    Match 315,164$3.00
    Totals16,002—