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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 18
  3. 25
  4. 33
  5. 40
  6. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/52 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2012draw 315 of 442 under them

← 2012-01-02All recent draws2012-01-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 18 25 33 40 4229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2010 – Oct 2012 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 314 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

80oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 80 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread55th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

237times
1842times
2529times
3336times
40

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39times
4242times

Every number was expected about that many times after 314 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 3 of 6 numbers (25, 33, 42) with the draw of 28 December 2011 — its closest relative in 314 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 15 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 62% of the jackpot.

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

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