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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 6 March 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 11
  4. 17
  5. 18
  6. 35
  7. 15

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 771 of 1,359 under them

← 2021-03-03All recent draws2021-03-10 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 6 11 17 18 35 + 1529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 March 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 116 of each

1129times
6108times
11111times
17125times
18

Prize breakdown · 2021-03-06

  • Lines in play≈ 8.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.5Mto 268k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 640%NZ$1M
  • Match 419%NZ$475.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus19%NZ$475.5K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$534.7K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.1 by chance

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121times
35123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 770 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 6 numbers (1, 11, 17, 18) with the draw of 23 September 2020 — its closest relative in 770 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 March 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

88

The numbers add up to 88 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus8≈ 13 by chanceNZ$30,139
  • Match 5412≈ 416 by chanceNZ$580
  • Match 4 + Bonus994≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$55.00
  • Match 416,398≈ 17k by chanceNZ$29.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus21,612≈ 22k by chanceNZ$22.00
  • Match 3229,040≈ 229k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 994 winners, 4% fewer than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus8NZ$30,139
    Match 5412NZ$580
    Match 4 + Bonus994NZ$55.00
    Match 416,398NZ$29.00
    Match 3 + Bonus21,612NZ$22.00
    Match 3229,040NZ$0.00
    Totals268,466—