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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 4 May 2016

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 19
  4. 22
  5. 36
  6. 40
  7. 21

JackpotCA$5,000,000

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

Rules6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010draw 662 of 1,751 under them

← 2016-04-30All recent draws2016-05-07 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed4 16 19 22 36 40 + 2129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

486times
1674times
1969times
2285times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-04

  • Lines in play≈ 4.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$9.6Mto 723k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.34

Where the money went

  • Match 652%CA$5.0M
  • Match 218%CA$1.7M
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw10%CA$1.0M
  • 5 other tiers20%CA$1.9M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.34 by chance

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86times
4088times

Every number was expected about that many times after 661 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 6 numbers (4, 16, 36, 40) with the draw of 22 January 2014 — its closest relative in 661 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 34th 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

16 had not appeared for 14 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus2≈ 2.1 by chanceCA$114,614
  • Match 589≈ 86 by chanceCA$2,146
  • Match 44,796≈ 4.6k by chanceCA$75.70
  • Match 2 + Bonus58,335≈ 59k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 385,017≈ 84k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2574,284≈ 574k 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 ≈4.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 4,796 winners, 4% more than the 4.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61CA$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus2CA$114,614
    Match 589CA$2,146
    Match 44,796CA$75.70
    Match 385,017CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus58,335CA$5.00
    Match 2574,284CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—