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Oz Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

ResultOz Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 17
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 33
  6. 37
  7. 42
  8. 4
  9. 44

JackpotA$10,000,000

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

Rules7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022draw 426 of 697 under them

← 2017-02-21All recent draws2017-03-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 17 26 27 33 37 42 + 4 4429 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Oz Lotto was a 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 425 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd62th
  • low11th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours55th
  • spread80th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 66 of each

269times
1764times
2663times
2773times
3376times
3767times
4260times

Every number was expected about that many times after 425 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 7 numbers (2, 17, 33, 37) with the draw of 2 June 2015 — its closest relative in 425 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 February 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 72% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

184

The numbers add up to 184 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 161. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 66% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 6 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 83% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2017-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 15Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$16.1Mto 267k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 57lines took a prize
  • Match 71 winnerchance said 0.33

Where the money went

  • Match 762%A$10M
  • Match 415%A$2.5M
  • match_3_b17%A$2.7M
  • 4 other tiers5.8%A$925.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 71≈ 0.33 by chanceA$10,000,000
  2. match_6_b7≈ 4.7 by chanceA$24,725
  3. Match 671≈ 84 by chanceA$5,019
  4. match_5_b510≈ 513 by chanceA$359
  5. Match 54,266≈ 4.4k by chanceA$50.00
  6. Match 495,240≈ 99k by chanceA$26.00
  7. match_3_b167,209≈ 175k by chanceA$16.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈15M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_b — 167,209 winners, 4% fewer than the 175k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
match_3_b167,209A$16.00
Match 495,240A$26.00
Match 54,266A$50.00
match_5_b510A$359
Match 671A$5,019
match_6_b7A$24,725
Match 71A$10,000,000