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Match 4 · draw

Monday, 10 December 2012

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 13
  3. 16
  4. 17

Jackpot$30,000

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 1,075 of 6,123 under them

← 2012-12-09All recent draws2012-12-11 →

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 feed9 13 16 1729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 10 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd83th
  • low17th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread8th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 179 of each

9163times
13178times
16182times
17165times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,074 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 · 2012-12-10

  • Lines in play≈ 16kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35.7Kto 1.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 43 winnerschance said 1.5

Where the money went

  • Match 484%$30.0K
  • Match 36.4%$2.3K
  • Match 210%$3.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 43≈ 1.5 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (9, 13, 17) with the draw of 10 September 2012 — its closest relative in 1,074 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 December 2012): 13, 16 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

55

The numbers add up to 55 — the 63th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 50. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 8 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
114≈ 122 by chance
$20.00
  • Match 21,732≈ 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 — 1,732 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 43$10,000
    Match 3114$20.00
    Match 21,732$2.00
    Totals1,849—