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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 31
  6. 37
  7. 10

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 254 of 1,356 under them

← 2016-03-19All recent draws2016-03-26 →

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 feed6 12 16 18 31 37 + 1029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 38 of each

632times
1237times
1634times
1850times
31

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-23

  • Lines in play≈ 4.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.0Mto 24k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 208lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 651%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 416%NZ$316.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus16%NZ$312.2K
  • 3 other tiers17%NZ$343.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 1.3 by chance

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41times
3738times

Every number was expected about that many times after 253 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (12, 16, 31) with the draw of 21 October 2015 — its closest relative in 253 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 March 2016): 12 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 45th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 16 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus6≈ 7.7 by chanceNZ$25,023
  • Match 5249≈ 255 by chanceNZ$627
  • Match 4 + Bonus619≈ 636 by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 49,317≈ 10k by chanceNZ$34.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus13,576≈ 14k by chanceNZ$23.00
    • 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 4 — 9,317 winners, 8% fewer than the 10k 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 + Bonus6NZ$25,023
    Match 5249NZ$627
    Match 4 + Bonus619NZ$60.00
    Match 49,317NZ$34.00
    Match 3 + Bonus13,576NZ$23.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—