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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 3 September 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 24
  3. 25
  4. 27
  5. 32
  6. 34
  7. 7

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 301 of 1,356 under them

← 2016-08-31All recent draws2016-09-07 →

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 feed18 24 25 27 32 34 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

1858times
2447times
2534times
2747times
32

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-03

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$3.0Mto 49k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 208lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.7

Where the money went

  • Match 633%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 422%NZ$656.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus22%NZ$649.2K
  • 3 other tiers24%NZ$713.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.7 by chance

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42times
3438times

Every number was expected about that many times after 300 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 (24, 25, 27) with the draw of 25 November 2015 — its closest relative in 300 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 8 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 + Bonus18≈ 16 by chanceNZ$17,317
  • Match 5443≈ 529 by chanceNZ$732
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,310≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 419,315≈ 21k by chanceNZ$34.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus28,226≈ 28k by chanceNZ$23.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 — 443 winners, 16% fewer than the 529 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus18NZ$17,317
    Match 5443NZ$732
    Match 4 + Bonus1,310NZ$59.00
    Match 419,315NZ$34.00
    Match 3 + Bonus28,226NZ$23.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—