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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 December 2012

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 31
  5. 36
  6. 41
  7. 30

Jackpot$9,500,000

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 224 of 1,672 under them

← 2012-12-05All recent draws2012-12-12 →

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 feed15 23 24 31 36 41 + 3029 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 December 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap2th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

1528times
2326times
2429times
3120times
36

Prize breakdown · 2012-12-08

  • Lines in play≈ 2.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$71.1Kto 24k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$23K
  • Match 436%$25.5K
  • Match 332%$22.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$9,500,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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28times
4126times

Every number was expected about that many times after 223 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 (23, 31, 36) with the draw of 11 July 2012 — its closest relative in 223 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 December 2012): 24 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

170

The numbers add up to 170 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 23 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 73% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.29 by chance
$85,611
  • Match 514≈ 15 by chance$1,640
  • Match 4980≈ 1.0k by chance$26.00
  • Match 322,628≈ 23k 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 4 — 980 winners, 3% fewer than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$85,611
    Match 514$1,640
    Match 4980$26.00
    Match 322,628$1.00
    Totals23,622—