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Oz Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

ResultOz Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 13
  4. 26
  5. 35
  6. 38
  7. 42
  8. 2
  9. 16

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

Rules7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022draw 103 of 697 under them

← 2010-12-14All recent draws2010-12-28 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 8 13 26 35 38 42 + 2 1629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Oz Lotto was a 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 102 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 December 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

82oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 82 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 100% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours55th
  • spread48th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 16 of each

720times
819times
1315times
2615times
3522times
3816times
429times

Every number was expected about that many times after 102 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 4 of 7 numbers (8, 13, 35, 38) with the draw of 19 October 2010 — its closest relative in 102 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 50% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2010): 38 carried over. Chance says 72% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 161. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 66% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 31 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 82% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2010-12-21

  • Lines in play≈ 7.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$2.4Mto 132k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 57lines took a prize
  • match_6_b1 winnerchance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • Match 65.8%A$142.6K
  • Match 441%A$997.2K
  • match_3_b44%A$1.1M
  • 3 other tiers9.4%A$228.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. match_6_b1≈ 2.3 by chanceA$69,262
  2. Match 634≈ 42 by chanceA$4,194
  3. match_5_b275≈ 253 by chanceA$267
  4. Match 52,150≈ 2.2k by chanceA$40.00
  5. Match 447,486≈ 49k by chanceA$21.00
  6. match_3_b82,368≈ 86k by chanceA$13.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈7.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_b — 82,368 winners, 4% fewer than the 86k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

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MatchWinnersPrize each
match_3_b82,368A$13.00
Match 447,486A$21.00
Match 52,150A$40.00
match_5_b275A$267
Match 634A$4,194
match_6_b1A$69,262