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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 February 2013

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 15
  3. 18
  4. 24
  5. 36
  6. 41
  7. 3

Jackpot$19,100,000

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 245 of 1,672 under them

← 2013-02-16All recent draws2013-02-23 →

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 feed7 15 18 24 36 41 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 25 of each

719times
1531times
1826times
2430times
36

Prize breakdown · 2013-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 2.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$274.8Kto 25k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus76%$208.1K
  • Match 48.2%$22.6K
  • Match 38.6%$23.6K
  • 1 other tier7.5%$20.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance

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31times
4127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 244 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 4 of 6 numbers (15, 24, 36, 41) with the draw of 8 December 2012 — its closest relative in 244 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 11% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 February 2013): 18 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 17th 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

24 had not appeared for 21 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 67% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$19,100,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 0.31 by chance$208,113
  • Match 514≈ 16 by chance$1,469
  • Match 41,129≈ 1.1k by chance$20.00
  • Match 323,570≈ 24k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,129 winners, 7% more 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$19,100,000
    Match 5 + Bonus1$208,113
    Match 514$1,469
    Match 41,129$20.00
    Match 323,570$1.00
    Totals24,714—