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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 21
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 33
  6. 37
  7. 32

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 300 of 1,356 under them

← 2016-08-27All recent draws2016-09-03 →

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 feed16 21 28 31 33 37 + 3229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum95th
  • odd79th
  • low5th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

1638times
2147times
2842times
3147times
33

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 3.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$1.8Mto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 202lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 0.97

Where the money went

  • Match 654%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 415%NZ$280.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus14%NZ$266.4K
  • 3 other tiers16%NZ$299.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 0.97 by chance

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49times
3743times

Every number was expected about that many times after 299 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 3 of 6 numbers (21, 28, 31) with the draw of 2 April 2016 — its closest relative in 299 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

166

The numbers add up to 166 — the 95th 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

37 had not appeared for 15 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus9≈ 5.8 by chanceNZ$14,527
  • Match 5200≈ 192 by chanceNZ$680
  • Match 4 + Bonus420≈ 480 by chanceNZ$77.00
  • Match 47,585≈ 7.7k by chanceNZ$37.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus10,247≈ 10k by chanceNZ$26.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 7,585 winners, 1% fewer than the 7.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus9NZ$14,527
    Match 5200NZ$680
    Match 4 + Bonus420NZ$77.00
    Match 47,585NZ$37.00
    Match 3 + Bonus10,247NZ$26.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—