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Weekday Windfall · draw

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

ResultWeekday Windfall

Single source
  1. 23
  2. 27
  3. 37
  4. 38
  5. 41
  6. 42
  7. 34
  8. 40

JackpotA$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010draw 692 of 1,863 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed23 27 37 38 41 42 + 34 4029 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

19oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 19 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread4th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

23102times
2788times
3783times
3888times
41

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-17

  • Paid outA$4.1Mto 110k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$1.0M

Where the money went

  • 419%A$756.6K
  • 526%A$1.1M
  • 644%A$1.8M
  • 2 other tiers11%A$437.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 10A$1,000,000
  2. 3

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97times
42108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 691 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 4 of 6 numbers (27, 37, 38, 41) with the draw of 2 May 2012 — its closest relative in 691 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

208

The numbers add up to 208 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38, 41–42. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 8 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 56% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17
A$10,111
  • 2290A$917
  • 414,606A$51.80
  • 533,293A$32.30
  • 661,455A$29.60
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$1,000,000
    2290A$917
    317A$10,111
    414,606A$51.80
    533,293A$32.30
    661,455A$29.60