These statistics show the best match of the analyzed ticket that was found in 5, 10 and 15 latest draws.
For example the latest 10 draws in Expert Lotto 6/49 Demo Lottery are:
| 2010/28 Sun 2nd | 23 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 44 | 47 | [07] |
| 2010/28 Sun 1st | 06 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 42 | [29] |
| 2010/28 Wed 2nd | 02 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 40 | [27] |
| 2010/28 Wed 1st | 16 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 29 | [24] |
| 2010/27 Sun 2nd | 01 | 06 | 12 | 24 | 32 | 41 | [44] |
| 2010/27 Sun 1st | 02 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 30 | 37 | [42] |
| 2010/27 Wed 2nd | 20 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 33 | 35 | [07] |
| 2010/27 Wed 1st | 08 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 48 | 49 | [18] |
| 2010/26 Sun 2nd | 08 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 36 | 38 | [06] |
| 2010/26 Sun 1st | 05 | 06 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 43 | [32] |
When the latest draw 2010/28 Sun 2nd (orange background) is compared to 5 previous draws (blue background) then the best match found is two numbers. Numbers 23 and 29 in the latest draw repeat in draw 2010/28 Wed 1st. So the table cell in column Match Previous 5 in Winning Numbers Properties window shows value of 2 for the latest draw.
When calculating the same property for draw 2010/28 Wed 2nd then its winning numbers are compared with draws 2010/28 Wed 1st to 2010/27 Wed 1st and the best match found is just one number. For example number 16 from the previous draw or number 2 from draw 2010/27 Sun 1st. So the table cell in column Match Previous 5 in Winning Numbers Properties window shows value of 1 for this draw.
Column Match Previous 10 shows the best match found in ten previous draws and column Match Previous 15 shows the best match found in fifteen previous draws.
Note: The corresponding values in Package Properties window apply to the selection of past winning numbers made in Options window.
These statistics are available in summary form and also as per-ticket properties.
See also Match Winning Numbers and Highest Match ticket filters.