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Match 4 · draw

Saturday, 31 March 2012

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 19

Jackpot$50,000

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 821 of 6,123 under them

← 2012-03-30All recent draws2012-04-01 →

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 feed2 4 6 1929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 March 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

39oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 39 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 20% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd17th
  • low83th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread63th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 137 of each

2133times
4144times
6162times
19133times

Every number was expected about that many times after 820 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 · 2012-03-31

  • Lines in play≈ 22kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$59.4Kto 2.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 45 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • Match 484%$50.0K
  • Match 38.0%$4.8K
  • Match 27.8%$4.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 45≈ 2.0 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (2, 4, 19) with the draw of 23 August 2011 — its closest relative in 820 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 March 2012): 19 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

31

The numbers add up to 31 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 50. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 4 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 1.5× 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 →
238≈ 163 by chance
$20.00
  • Match 22,318≈ 2.3k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈22k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,318 winners, 0% more than the 2.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 45$10,000
    Match 3238$20.00
    Match 22,318$2.00
    Totals2,561—