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Match 4 · draw

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 22

Jackpot$40,000

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 1,070 of 6,123 under them

← 2012-12-04All recent draws2012-12-06 →

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 feed5 12 17 2229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

77oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 77 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 178 of each

5175times
12176times
17163times
22174times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,069 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 4 numbers (5, 17, 22) with the draw of 12 September 2012 — its closest relative in 1,069 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 December 2012): 22 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

56

The numbers add up to 56 — the 66th 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

5 had not appeared for 10 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 1.3× 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 →

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 16kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.2Kto 1.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 44 winnerschance said 1.5

Where the money went

  • Match 486%$40.0K
  • Match 36.1%$2.8K
  • Match 27.5%$3.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 44≈ 1.5 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3140≈ 121 by chance$20.00
  3. Match 21,723≈ 1.7k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈16k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,723 winners, 0% more than the 1.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 44$10,000
Match 3140$20.00
Match 21,723$2.00
Totals1,867—