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Lotto · draw

Monday, 22 December 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 40
  5. 41
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,400,000

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 779 of 2,628 under them

← 2014-12-20All recent draws2014-12-24 →

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 feed4 20 22 40 41 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 December 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 95 of each

499times
20103times
22102times
4094times
41

Prize breakdown · 2014-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 367kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38.8Kto 6.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$8.0K
  • Match 429%$11.4K
  • Match 350%$19.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,400,000
  2. Match 5

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99times
4295times

Every number was expected about that many times after 778 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 (4, 20, 41, 42) with the draw of 20 September 2014 — its closest relative in 778 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 December 2014): 4, 22 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41, 41–42. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 21 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 6.8 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4379≈ 355 by chance$30.00
  • Match 36,473≈ 6.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈367k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,473 winners, 0% more than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,400,000
    Match 58$1,000
    Match 4379$30.00
    Match 36,473$3.00
    Totals6,860—