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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Saturday, 5 March 2016

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 10
  5. 21
  6. 6

Jackpot$22,000,000

The crowdHeld 54% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 645 of 1,751 under them

← 2016-03-02All recent draws2016-03-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 5 8 10 21 + 629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 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 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd32th
  • low99th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 69 of each

477times
560times
861times
1057times
21

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-05

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$22.5Mto 122k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 21lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball1 winnerchance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Mega Ball98%$22.0M
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball0.4%$80.2K
  • Match 30.7%$149.4K
  • 6 other tiers1.1%$255.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball1≈ 0.06 by chance

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73times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

622times

Every number was expected about that many times after 644 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 5 numbers (5, 8, 21) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 17 August 2013 — its closest relative in 644 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 March 2016): 10 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

48

The numbers add up to 48 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 9 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 3.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$22,000,000
  • Match 56≈ 1.6 by chance$6,965
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball24≈ 13 by chance$870
  • Match 4638≈ 339 by chance$54.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball736≈ 535 by chance$42.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball8,915≈ 7.1k by chance$9.00
  • Match 321,347≈ 14k by chance$7.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball37,040≈ 35k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball52,840≈ 53k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 21,347 winners, 54% more than the 14k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball1$22,000,000
    Match 56$6,965
    Match 4 + Mega Ball24$870
    Match 4638$54.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball736$42.00
    Match 321,347$7.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball8,915$9.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball37,040$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball52,840$1.00
    Totals121,547—