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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 15
  4. 29
  5. 39
  6. 55
  7. 20

Jackpot$6,500,000

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010draw 131 of 1,672 under them

← 2012-01-14All recent draws2012-01-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 9 15 29 39 55 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 January 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 13 of each

413times
99times
1521times
2910times
39

Prize breakdown · 2012-01-18

  • Lines in play≈ 2.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$152.9Kto 23k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus57%$87.5K
  • Match 415%$22.7K
  • Match 314%$22.1K
  • 1 other tier13%$20.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance

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12times
5523times

Every number was expected about that many times after 130 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 (4, 55) with the draw of 2 November 2011 — its closest relative in 130 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 January 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 23th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 66% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 0.29 by chance$87,513
  • Match 518≈ 15 by chance$1,145
  • Match 4987≈ 990 by chance$23.00
  • Match 322,063≈ 22k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 22,063 winners, 2% fewer than the 22k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus1$87,513
    Match 518$1,145
    Match 4987$23.00
    Match 322,063$1.00
    Totals23,069—