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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 15
  3. 29
  4. 53
  5. 55
  6. 59
  7. 18

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 453 of 1,672 under them

← 2015-02-14All recent draws2015-02-21 →

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 feed14 15 29 53 55 59 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 February 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum87th
  • odd94th
  • low48th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread54th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

1441times
1555times
2936times
5352times
55

Prize breakdown · 2015-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$45.6Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$15.6K
  • Match 438%$17.3K
  • Match 328%$12.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$9,500,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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65times
5944times

Every number was expected about that many times after 452 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 (15, 29, 53) with the draw of 14 January 2015 — its closest relative in 452 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 February 2015): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

225

The numbers add up to 225 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 18 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 79% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.16 by chance
$45,333
  • Match 56≈ 8.6 by chance$2,605
  • Match 4541≈ 568 by chance$32.00
  • Match 312,654≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 541 winners, 5% fewer than the 568 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$45,333
    Match 56$2,605
    Match 4541$32.00
    Match 312,654$1.00
    Totals13,201—