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Cowboy Draw · draw

Monday, 12 October 2020

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. 28
  4. 30
  5. 34

Jackpot$2,225,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Mar 2015draw 580 of 1,210 under them

← 2020-10-08All recent draws2020-10-15 →

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 feed1 7 28 30 3429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 October 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 64 of each

168times
763times
2870times
3059times
34

Prize breakdown · 2020-10-12

  • Lines in play≈ 121kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.3Mto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 597%$2.3M
  • Match 40.7%$17K
  • Match 22.1%$48.9K
  • 1 other tier0.7%$15.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.10 by chance

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68times

Every number was expected about that many times after 579 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 5 numbers (1, 7, 28) with the draw of 3 August 2020 — its closest relative in 579 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 October 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,251,267
  • Match 417≈ 20 by chance$1,000
  • Match 3774≈ 772 by chance$20.00
  • Match 29,775≈ 9.8k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈121k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 774 winners, 0% more than the 772 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$2,251,267
    Match 417$1,000
    Match 3774$20.00
    Match 29,775$5.00
    Totals10,567—