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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 29 January 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 16
  3. 19
  4. 25
  5. 29
  6. 36
  7. 35

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 865 of 1,359 under them

← 2022-01-26All recent draws2022-02-02 →

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 feed12 16 19 25 29 36 + 3529 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 29 January 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread19th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 130 of each

12131times
16124times
19153times
25130times
29

Prize breakdown · 2022-01-29

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$3.3Mto 387k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 3.0

Where the money went

  • Match 631%NZ$1M
  • Match 422%NZ$732K
  • Match 3 + Bonus22%NZ$713.4K
  • 3 other tiers25%NZ$819.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 3.0 by chance

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138times
36122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 864 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (12, 16, 25, 29) with the draw of 30 September 2020 — its closest relative in 864 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 January 2022): 25, 36 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 9 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus17≈ 18 by chanceNZ$21,735
  • Match 5574≈ 601 by chanceNZ$638
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,381≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$61.00
  • Match 423,612≈ 24k by chanceNZ$31.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus29,727≈ 32k by chanceNZ$24.00
  • Match 3331,191≈ 331k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈12M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,381 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus17NZ$21,735
    Match 5574NZ$638
    Match 4 + Bonus1,381NZ$61.00
    Match 423,612NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Bonus29,727NZ$24.00
    Match 3331,191NZ$0.00
    Totals386,503—