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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 December 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 21
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 35
  6. 43
  7. 15

Jackpot$2,150,000

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

Rules6/52 + 1/25 · Oct 2012 – Jan 2015draw 23 of 339 under them

← 2012-12-19All recent draws2012-12-24 →

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 feed18 21 24 27 35 43 + 1529 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 + 1/25 · Oct 2012 – Jan 2015 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 22 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 22 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread7th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

181time
213times
241time
272times
354times
431time
Stars · a separate 1-of-25 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each

151time

Every number was expected about that many times after 22 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 2 of 6 numbers (27, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 15 December 2012 — its closest relative in 22 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 December 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 59th 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

21 had not appeared for 6 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 56% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-22

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$132.4Kto 25k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 56lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$18.6K
  • Match 423%$31K
  • Match 346%$60.5K
  • 5 other tiers17%$22.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$2,150,000
  2. Match 516≈ 19 by chance$1,164
  3. Match 41,015≈ 1.1k by chance$30.50
  4. Match 320,180≈ 21k by chance$3.00
  5. Match 4 plus Extra Shot1$763
  6. Match 3 plus Extra Shot55$75.00
  7. Match 2 plus Extra Shot457$10.00
  8. Match 0 plus Extra Shot1,921$5.00
  9. Match 1 plus Extra Shot1,608$2.00
  10. Match 5 plus Extra Shot0no winners
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,015 winners, 6% fewer than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$2,150,000
Match 5 plus Extra Shot0$0.00
Match 516$1,164
Match 4 plus Extra Shot1$763
Match 41,015$30.50
Match 3 plus Extra Shot55$75.00
Match 320,180$3.00
Match 2 plus Extra Shot457$10.00
Match 1 plus Extra Shot1,608$2.00
Match 0 plus Extra Shot1,921$5.00