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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 February 2016

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 24
  3. 26
  4. 36
  5. 43
  6. 55
  7. 5

Jackpot$13,300,000

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 558 of 1,672 under them

← 2016-02-17All recent draws2016-02-24 →

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 feed2 24 26 36 43 55 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 57 of each

260times
2457times
2652times
3655times
43

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$57.1Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$18.8K
  • Match 436%$20.7K
  • Match 331%$17.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$13,300,000

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57times
5580times

Every number was expected about that many times after 557 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 (2, 24, 36) with the draw of 22 March 2014 — its closest relative in 557 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 February 2016): 55 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

186

The numbers add up to 186 — the 55th 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

2 had not appeared for 38 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 78% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.23 by chance$24,763
  • Match 56≈ 12 by chance$3,131
  • Match 4766≈ 793 by chance$27.00
  • Match 317,666≈ 18k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 766 winners, 3% fewer than the 793 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$13,300,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$24,763
    Match 56$3,131
    Match 4766$27.00
    Match 317,666$1.00
    Totals18,438—