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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 16
  3. 19
  4. 22
  5. 27
  6. 41

Jackpot$1,438,766

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 604 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-01-16All recent draws2016-01-23 →

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 feed11 16 19 22 27 4129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 January 2016 — 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 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

1183times
1686times
1984times
2280times
27

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 248kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.6Kto 7.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$4.8K
  • Match 441%$17.6K
  • Match 347%$20.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,438,766
  2. Match 5

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81times
4171times

Every number was expected about that many times after 603 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 (11, 16, 22, 27) with the draw of 26 March 2011 — its closest relative in 603 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2016): nothing 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

27 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 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 10 by chance
$956
  • Match 4419≈ 446 by chance$42.00
  • Match 36,738≈ 6.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈248k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,738 winners, 0% more than the 6.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,438,766
    Match 55$956
    Match 4419$42.00
    Match 36,738$3.00