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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 2 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 11
  3. 17
  4. 23
  5. 26
  6. 39

Jackpot$2,347,952

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 599 of 2,099 under them

← 2015-12-30All recent draws2016-01-06 →

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 feed3 11 17 23 26 3929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 85 of each

393times
1181times
1794times
2385times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 337kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$56.1Kto 9.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$6.1K
  • Match 440%$22.5K
  • Match 349%$27.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$2,347,952
  2. Match 5

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78times
3981times

Every number was expected about that many times after 598 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 4 of 6 numbers (17, 23, 26, 39) with the draw of 26 August 2015 — its closest relative in 598 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 December 2015): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 36th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 6 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
19≈ 14 by chance
$323
  • Match 4642≈ 606 by chance$35.00
  • Match 39,162≈ 9.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈337k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 642 winners, 6% more than the 606 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,347,952
    Match 519$323
    Match 4642$35.00
    Match 39,162$3.00