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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 17
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 28
  6. 34

Jackpot$1,319,154

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 603 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-01-13All recent draws2016-01-20 →

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 feed12 17 20 25 28 3429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

1286times
1795times
2090times
2591times
28

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 250kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43.8Kto 7.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.0K
  • Match 442%$18.4K
  • Match 347%$20.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,319,154
  2. Match 5

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88times
3483times

Every number was expected about that many times after 602 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 (17, 28, 34) with the draw of 4 July 2015 — its closest relative in 602 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2016): 34 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 59th 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

12 had not appeared for 15 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7≈ 10 by chance
$717
  • Match 4428≈ 450 by chance$43.00
  • Match 36,800≈ 6.8k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈250k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,800 winners, 0% more than the 6.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,319,154
    Match 57$717
    Match 4428$43.00
    Match 36,800$3.00