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Match 4 · draw

Friday, 5 February 2010

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 12

Jackpot$20,000

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

Rules4/24 · since Jan 2010draw 36 of 6,130 under them

← 2010-02-04All recent draws2010-02-06 →

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 8 11 1229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 February 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum13th
  • odd17th
  • low98th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

46times
86times
119times
128times

Every number was expected about that many times after 35 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.

Prize breakdown · 2010-02-05

  • Lines in play≈ 24kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$28.9Kto 2.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 42 winnerschance said 2.2

Where the money went

  • Match 469%$20K
  • Match 313%$3.7K
  • Match 218%$5.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 42≈ 2.2 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (4, 11, 12) with the draw of 6 January 2010 — its closest relative in 35 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 23% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 February 2010): 8, 12 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

35

The numbers add up to 35 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 50. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
187≈ 180 by chance
$20.00
  • Match 22,558≈ 2.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈24k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,558 winners, 0% more than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 42$10,000
    Match 3187$20.00
    Match 22,558$2.00
    Totals2,747—