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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Saturday, 15 October 2016

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 13
  4. 24
  5. 43
  6. 2

Jackpot$43,000,000

The crowdHeld 7% 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 709 of 1,751 under them

← 2016-10-12All recent draws2016-10-19 →

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 13 24 43 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 October 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 30% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd65th
  • low89th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread78th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

483times
566times
1383times
2474times
43

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-15

  • Lines in play≈ 2.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$508.6Kto 120k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 23lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball16%$80.6K
  • Match 331%$158.7K
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball15%$76.7K
  • 5 other tiers38%$192.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.07 by chance

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83times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

222times

Every number was expected about that many times after 708 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, 24, 43) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 July 2016 — its closest relative in 708 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 October 2016): 5 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

89

The numbers add up to 89 — the 14th 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

4 had not appeared for 12 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$43,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.7 by chance$44,279
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball13≈ 14 by chance$1,703
  • Match 4375≈ 363 by chance$98.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball548≈ 572 by chance$60.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball8,061≈ 7.6k by chance$10.00
  • Match 315,868≈ 15k by chance$10.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball38,367≈ 37k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball56,544≈ 57k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 15,868 winners, 7% more than the 15k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball0$43,000,000
    Match 51$44,279
    Match 4 + Mega Ball13$1,703
    Match 4375$98.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball548$60.00
    Match 315,868$10.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball8,061$10.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball38,367$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball56,544$1.00
    Totals119,777—