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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 21
  3. 24
  4. 37
  5. 45
  6. 46
  7. 29

Jackpot$2,500,000

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 957 of 1,673 under them

← 2019-12-14All recent draws2019-12-21 →

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 21 24 37 45 46 + 2929 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 December 2019 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum57th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap17th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 97 of each

1490times
21108times
24101times
3795times
45

Prize breakdown · 2019-12-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34.2Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$11.2K
  • Match 436%$12.4K
  • Match 331%$10.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$2,500,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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78times
4690times

Every number was expected about that many times after 956 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 (14, 21, 24) with the draw of 15 June 2019 — its closest relative in 956 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2019): 14, 21 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

187

The numbers add up to 187 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 45–46. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 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 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≈ 0.14 by chance
$282,958
  • Match 57≈ 7.2 by chance$1,597
  • Match 4475≈ 477 by chance$26.00
  • Match 310,623≈ 11k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 10,623 winners, 2% fewer than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$282,958
    Match 57$1,597
    Match 4475$26.00
    Match 310,623$1.00
    Totals11,105—