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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 28 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 19
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 35
  6. 36
  7. 11

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 334 of 1,356 under them

← 2016-12-24All recent draws2016-12-31 →

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 feed17 19 22 28 35 36 + 1129 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum90th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread6th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

1757times
1964times
2245times
2849times
35

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-28

  • Lines in play≈ 5.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.0Mto 25k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 207lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 1.3

Where the money went

  • Match 649%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 417%NZ$338.7K
  • Match 3 + Bonus16%NZ$322.6K
  • 3 other tiers18%NZ$362.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 1.3 by chance

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50times
3652times

Every number was expected about that many times after 333 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 (19, 35, 36) with the draw of 10 December 2016 — its closest relative in 333 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 December 2016): 28 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 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 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$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus6≈ 8.0 by chanceNZ$26,404
  • Match 5233≈ 263 by chanceNZ$707
  • Match 4 + Bonus659≈ 657 by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 49,676≈ 11k by chanceNZ$35.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus14,024≈ 14k by chanceNZ$23.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 9,676 winners, 8% fewer than the 11k 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 + Bonus6NZ$26,404
    Match 5233NZ$707
    Match 4 + Bonus659NZ$60.00
    Match 49,676NZ$35.00
    Match 3 + Bonus14,024NZ$23.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—