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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Saturday, 27 February 2016

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 20
  4. 23
  5. 41
  6. 45
  7. 22

JackpotCA$7,240,871

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 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010draw 643 of 1,752 under them

← 2016-02-24All recent draws2016-03-02 →

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 feed4 11 20 23 41 45 + 2229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 27 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum43th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 79 of each

484times
1174times
2098times
2389times
41

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-27

  • Lines in play≈ 5.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$12.5Mto 848k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 0.40

Where the money went

  • Match 658%CA$7.2M
  • Match 216%CA$2.0M
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw8.0%CA$1.0M
  • 5 other tiers18%CA$2.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 0.40 by chance

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81times
4588times

Every number was expected about that many times after 642 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 (4, 20, 23, 45) with the draw of 20 September 2014 — its closest relative in 642 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 47% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2016): 41 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 42th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 24 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$3,620,436
  • Match 5 + Bonus2≈ 2.4 by chanceCA$130,249
  • Match 599≈ 101 by chanceCA$2,193
  • Match 45,449≈ 5.4k by chanceCA$75.70
  • Match 2 + Bonus68,957≈ 69k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 399,024≈ 99k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2674,377≈ 674k by chanceCA$3.00
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Bonus — 68,957 winners, 0% fewer than the 69k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62CA$3,620,436
    Match 5 + Bonus2CA$130,249
    Match 599CA$2,193
    Match 45,449CA$75.70
    Match 399,024CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus68,957CA$5.00
    Match 2674,377CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—