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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 July 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 21
  5. 25
  6. 33
  7. 24

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 289 of 1,355 under them

← 2016-07-20All recent draws2016-07-27 →

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 feed5 6 9 21 25 33 + 2429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 July 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.

  • sum19th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

536times
639times
947times
2145times
25

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-23

  • Lines in play≈ 8.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.6Mto 41k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 198lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 638%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 420%NZ$535.5K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$514.3K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$581.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 2.1 by chance

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32times
3347times

Every number was expected about that many times after 288 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 (6, 9, 33) with the draw of 28 May 2016 — its closest relative in 288 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 July 2016): 6, 25 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

99

The numbers add up to 99 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 9 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus7≈ 13 by chanceNZ$36,319
  • Match 5476≈ 419 by chanceNZ$555
  • Match 4 + Bonus990≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$64.00
  • Match 417,274≈ 17k by chanceNZ$31.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus22,363≈ 22k by chanceNZ$23.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 990 winners, 6% fewer than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus7NZ$36,319
    Match 5476NZ$555
    Match 4 + Bonus990NZ$64.00
    Match 417,274NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Bonus22,363NZ$23.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—