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Lotto · draw

Monday, 25 February 2013

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 33
  6. 46
  7. 22

Jackpot$3,350,000

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 51 of 339 under them

← 2013-02-23All recent draws2013-02-27 →

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 feed3 8 25 26 33 46 + 2229 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 50 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 25 February 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 85% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread70th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 6 of each

38times
89times
258times
263times
334times
466times
Stars · a separate 1-of-25 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 2 of each

223times

Every number was expected about that many times after 50 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 3 of 6 numbers (8, 25, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 31 October 2012 — its closest relative in 50 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 55% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 February 2013): 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

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 29 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 45% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2013-02-25

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$97.5Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 55lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 513%$12.5K
  • Match 421%$20.7K
  • Match 345%$43.7K
  • 5 other tiers21%$20.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$3,350,000
  2. Match 510≈ 14 by chance$1,247
  3. Match 4668≈ 776 by chance$31.00
  4. Match 314,565≈ 15k by chance$3.00
  5. Match 4 plus Extra Shot2$775
  6. Match 3 plus Extra Shot59$75.00
  7. Match 2 plus Extra Shot442$10.00
  8. Match 0 plus Extra Shot1,479$5.00
  9. Match 1 plus Extra Shot1,441$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 ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 668 winners, 14% fewer than the 776 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$3,350,000
Match 5 plus Extra Shot0$0.00
Match 510$1,247
Match 4 plus Extra Shot2$775
Match 4668$31.00
Match 3 plus Extra Shot59$75.00
Match 314,565$3.00
Match 2 plus Extra Shot442$10.00
Match 1 plus Extra Shot1,441$2.00
Match 0 plus Extra Shot1,479$5.00