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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Saturday, 4 March 2017

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 24
  4. 31
  5. 38
  6. 47
  7. 42

JackpotCA$7,000,000

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 749 of 1,753 under them

← 2017-03-01All recent draws2017-03-08 →

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 feed5 16 24 31 38 47 + 4229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 84% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread78th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 92 of each

578times
1684times
2495times
3192times
38

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-04

  • Lines in play≈ 5.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$11.8Mto 749k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 0.36

Where the money went

  • Match 659%CA$7M
  • Match 215%CA$1.8M
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw8.5%CA$1M
  • 5 other tiers17%CA$2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 0.36 by chance

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105times
4786times

Every number was expected about that many times after 748 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 (16, 31, 38, 47) with the draw of 7 January 2015 — its closest relative in 748 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 March 2017): 31 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 62th 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

47 had not appeared for 10 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 45% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$2,333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 2.1 by chanceCA$239,793
  • Match 590≈ 90 by chanceCA$2,220
  • Match 44,701≈ 4.8k by chanceCA$80.80
  • Match 2 + Bonus56,426≈ 62k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 387,040≈ 88k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2600,707≈ 601k 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 ≈5.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Bonus — 56,426 winners, 8% fewer than the 62k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 63CA$2,333,333
    Match 5 + Bonus1CA$239,793
    Match 590CA$2,220
    Match 44,701CA$80.80
    Match 387,040CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus56,426CA$5.00
    Match 2600,707CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—