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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Saturday, 16 December 2017

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 37
  5. 44
  6. 17

Jackpot$40,000,000

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

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 831 of 1,751 under them

← 2017-12-13All recent draws2017-12-20 →

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 17 21 37 44 + 1729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 December 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap53th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread83th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

496times
1777times
2191times
3783times
44

Prize breakdown · 2017-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 2.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.4Mto 118k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 23lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball1 winnerchance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Mega Ball99%$40.0M
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball0.2%$77.5K
  • Match 30.4%$145.3K
  • 5 other tiers0.5%$219.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball1≈ 0.07 by chance

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86times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

1723times

Every number was expected about that many times after 830 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 (21, 37, 44) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 12 November 2016 — its closest relative in 830 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 December 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 53th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. No two numbers side by side. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 14 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$40,000,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.7 by chance$41,988
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball27≈ 14 by chance$777
  • Match 4407≈ 361 by chance$85.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball598≈ 570 by chance$52.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball7,751≈ 7.6k by chance$10.00
  • Match 314,529≈ 15k by chance$10.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball38,072≈ 37k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball56,288≈ 56k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 + Mega Ball — 598 winners, 5% more than the 570 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 Ball1$40,000,000
    Match 50$41,988
    Match 4 + Mega Ball27$777
    Match 4407$85.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball598$52.00
    Match 314,529$10.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball7,751$10.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball38,072$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball56,288$1.00
    Totals117,673—