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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Saturday, 28 May 2016

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 29
  3. 31
  4. 36
  5. 43
  6. 47
  7. 23

JackpotCA$9,824,874

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 669 of 1,752 under them

← 2016-05-25All recent draws2016-06-01 →

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 feed18 29 31 36 43 47 + 2329 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 82 of each

1873times
2980times
3179times
3688times
43

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-28

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$14.6Mto 741k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.35

Where the money went

  • Match 667%CA$9.8M
  • Match 212%CA$1.8M
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw6.8%CA$1.0M
  • 5 other tiers14%CA$2.0M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.35 by chance

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76times
4770times

Every number was expected about that many times after 668 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 3 of 6 numbers (18, 29, 43) with the draw of 27 April 2016 — its closest relative in 668 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 May 2016): 18, 29 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

204

The numbers add up to 204 — the 95th 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

43 had not appeared for 9 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 58% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$9,824,874
  • Match 5 + Bonus6≈ 2.1 by chanceCA$43,339
  • Match 5102≈ 88 by chanceCA$2,125
  • Match 44,661≈ 4.8k by chanceCA$88.30
  • Match 2 + Bonus61,784≈ 60k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 384,979≈ 87k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2589,019≈ 589k 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 ≈4.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Bonus — 61,784 winners, 2% more than the 60k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61CA$9,824,874
    Match 5 + Bonus6CA$43,339
    Match 5102CA$2,125
    Match 44,661CA$88.30
    Match 384,979CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus61,784CA$5.00
    Match 2589,019CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—