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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Saturday, 31 December 2016

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 14
  4. 18
  5. 26
  6. 28
  7. 40

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 731 of 1,753 under them

← 2016-12-28All recent draws2017-01-04 →

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 feed3 5 14 18 26 28 + 4029 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.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

394times
576times
1475times
1879times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 6.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$5.4Mto 902k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.43

Where the money went

  • Match 321%CA$1.1M
  • Match 240%CA$2.2M
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw18%CA$1M
  • 4 other tiers21%CA$1.1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.43 by chance

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87times
2894times

Every number was expected about that many times after 730 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 (3, 14, 18, 28) with the draw of 19 November 2011 — its closest relative in 730 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 51% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2016): 5 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 4th 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

18 had not appeared for 26 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 3.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus4≈ 2.6 by chanceCA$60,538
  • Match 5176≈ 108 by chanceCA$1,147
  • Match 47,089≈ 5.8k by chanceCA$54.10
  • Match 2 + Bonus59,617≈ 74k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 3114,136≈ 106k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2721,213≈ 721k 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 ≈6.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 7,089 winners, 22% more than the 5.8k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60CA$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus4CA$60,538
    Match 5176CA$1,147
    Match 47,089CA$54.10
    Match 3114,136CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus59,617CA$5.00
    Match 2721,213CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—