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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 September 2011

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 42

Jackpot$3,328,685

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

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 152 of 2,099 under them

← 2011-09-14All recent draws2011-09-21 →

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 feed8 9 16 19 20 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 September 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours92th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

820times
923times
1621times
1916times
20

Prize breakdown · 2011-09-17

  • Lines in play≈ 349kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$59.9Kto 10k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$6.7K
  • Match 441%$24.8K
  • Match 348%$28.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$3,328,685
  2. Match 5

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26times
4219times

Every number was expected about that many times after 151 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 (9, 19, 20) with the draw of 13 August 2011 — its closest relative in 151 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 September 2011): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 29th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 19–20. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 12 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
16≈ 14 by chance
$416
  • Match 4604≈ 628 by chance$41.00
  • Match 39,490≈ 9.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈349k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 604 winners, 4% fewer than the 628 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,328,685
    Match 516$416
    Match 4604$41.00
    Match 39,490$3.00