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Saturday Lotto · draw

Saturday, 31 December 2016

ResultSaturday Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 31
  6. 40
  7. 17
  8. 38

JackpotA$1,347,826

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

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009draw 418 of 930 under them

← 2016-12-24All recent draws2017-01-07 →

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 feed4 11 16 18 31 40 + 17 3829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread63th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 56 of each

454times
1160times
1663times
1862times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 213Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$79.9Mto 2.1M winning lines
  • Won something1 in 99lines took a prize
  • 123 winnerschance said 26

Where the money went

  • 139%A$31M
  • 518%A$14.1M
  • 623%A$18.2M
  • 3 other tiers21%A$16.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1M10MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. 123≈ 26 by chance

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57times
4059times

Every number was expected about that many times after 417 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (11, 31, 40) with the draw of 12 December 2015 — its closest relative in 417 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 December 2016): 4 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. No two numbers side by side. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 11 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$1,347,826
  • 35,178≈ 6.1k by chanceA$1,076
  • 4260,815≈ 290k by chanceA$32.30
  • 2254A$10,160
  • 5625,384A$22.60
  • 61,256,464A$14.50
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈213M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 5,178 winners, 15% fewer than the 6.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    123A$1,347,826
    2254A$10,160
    35,178A$1,076
    4260,815A$32.30
    5625,384A$22.60
    61,256,464A$14.50