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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 1 December 2018

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 12
  4. 20
  5. 50
  6. 54
  7. 46

Jackpot$4,700,000

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 848 of 1,672 under them

← 2018-11-28All recent draws2018-12-05 →

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 feed5 6 12 20 50 54 + 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 December 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

599times
672times
1287times
2079times
50

Prize breakdown · 2018-12-01

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$44.4Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$13.9K
  • Match 434%$15.3K
  • Match 334%$15.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$4,700,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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97times
5495times

Every number was expected about that many times after 847 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 (12, 20, 50, 54) with the draw of 3 December 2011 — its closest relative in 847 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 33% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 November 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 79 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 63% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.20 by chance
$50,408
  • Match 512≈ 10 by chance$1,156
  • Match 4666≈ 684 by chance$23.00
  • Match 315,250≈ 16k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 666 winners, 3% fewer than the 684 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,700,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$50,408
    Match 512$1,156
    Match 4666$23.00
    Match 315,250$1.00
    Totals15,928—