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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 January 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 13
  4. 20
  5. 30
  6. 34
  7. 19

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 341 of 1,356 under them

← 2017-01-18All recent draws2017-01-25 →

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 feed3 7 13 20 30 34 + 1929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 77% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

349times
749times
1359times
2049times
30

Prize breakdown · 2017-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 9.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.8Mto 45k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 204lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.4

Where the money went

  • Match 636%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 421%NZ$584.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$558.3K
  • 3 other tiers23%NZ$626.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.4 by chance

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50times
3443times

Every number was expected about that many times after 340 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 4 of 6 numbers (3, 7, 20, 30) with the draw of 27 July 2016 — its closest relative in 340 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 53% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2017): 13 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 27th 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

20 had not appeared for 18 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus12≈ 14 by chanceNZ$22,811
  • Match 5487≈ 476 by chanceNZ$584
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,101≈ 1.2k by chanceNZ$62.00
  • Match 418,256≈ 19k by chanceNZ$32.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus25,378≈ 25k by chanceNZ$22.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,101 winners, 7% fewer than the 1.2k 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 + Bonus12NZ$22,811
    Match 5487NZ$584
    Match 4 + Bonus1,101NZ$62.00
    Match 418,256NZ$32.00
    Match 3 + Bonus25,378NZ$22.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—