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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 7
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 17
  6. 25
  7. 20

JackpotNZ$999,999

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 237 of 1,356 under them

← 2016-01-20All recent draws2016-01-27 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 7 14 16 17 25 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 24% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd50th
  • low95th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

236times
732times
1438times
1632times
17

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-23

  • Lines in play≈ 7.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.5Mto 40k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 195lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • Match 639%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 420%NZ$508.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus19%NZ$493.3K
  • 3 other tiers21%NZ$538.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 2.0 by chance

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40times
2524times

Every number was expected about that many times after 236 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 (7, 14, 17, 25) with the draw of 9 August 2014 — its closest relative in 236 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 41% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2016): 17 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 5th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 7 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus18≈ 12 by chanceNZ$13,068
  • Match 5427≈ 402 by chanceNZ$573
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,056≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$55.00
  • Match 416,949≈ 16k by chanceNZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus21,447≈ 21k by chanceNZ$23.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈7.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 16,949 winners, 5% more than the 16k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 63NZ$333,333
    Match 5 + Bonus18NZ$13,068
    Match 5427NZ$573
    Match 4 + Bonus1,056NZ$55.00
    Match 416,949NZ$30.00
    Match 3 + Bonus21,447NZ$23.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—