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Lotto · draw

Monday, 5 March 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 41

Jackpot$6,600,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 341 of 2,631 under them

← 2012-03-03All recent draws2012-03-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 22 23 27 28 4129 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 2012 — 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.

  • sum59th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread8th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

1738times
2245times
2343times
2746times
28

Prize breakdown · 2012-03-05

  • Lines in play≈ 684kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$61.1Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 510%$6K
  • Match 431%$18.9K
  • Match 359%$36.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$6,600,000
  2. Match 5

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42times
4146times

Every number was expected about that many times after 340 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 (17, 23, 27, 41) with the draw of 19 February 2011 — its closest relative in 340 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 29% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 March 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

158

The numbers add up to 158 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23, 27–28. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 8 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 37% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 13 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4631≈ 662 by chance$30.00
  • Match 312,066≈ 12k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈684k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 631 winners, 5% fewer than the 662 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,600,000
    Match 56$1,000
    Match 4631$30.00
    Match 312,066$3.00
    Totals12,703—