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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Saturday, 21 January 2017

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 22
  3. 23
  4. 36
  5. 40
  6. 42
  7. 5

JackpotCA$25,000,000

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 737 of 1,753 under them

← 2017-01-18All recent draws2017-01-25 →

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 feed8 22 23 36 40 42 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd5th
  • low48th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 90 of each

898times
2296times
23102times
3696times
40

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 6.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$30.7Mto 910k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.43

Where the money went

  • Match 682%CA$25M
  • Match 33.4%CA$1M
  • Match 27.0%CA$2.2M
  • 5 other tiers8.0%CA$2.5M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.43 by chance

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97times
4286times

Every number was expected about that many times after 736 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 (8, 23, 40, 42) with the draw of 2 May 2015 — its closest relative in 736 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

171

The numbers add up to 171 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 28 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$25,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus3≈ 2.6 by chanceCA$102,901
  • Match 599≈ 108 by chanceCA$2,599
  • Match 45,476≈ 5.8k by chanceCA$89.30
  • Match 2 + Bonus82,483≈ 74k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 3103,550≈ 106k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2718,417≈ 718k 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 2 + Bonus — 82,483 winners, 12% more than the 74k 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 61CA$25,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus3CA$102,901
    Match 599CA$2,599
    Match 45,476CA$89.30
    Match 3103,550CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus82,483CA$5.00
    Match 2718,417CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—