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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 25
  5. 27
  6. 41

Jackpot$1,569,385

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 605 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-01-20All recent draws2016-01-27 →

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 feed1 4 5 25 27 4129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread97th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 86 of each

180times
492times
599times
2592times
27

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-23

  • Lines in play≈ 279kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.2Kto 8.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.2K
  • Match 441%$19.2K
  • Match 348%$22.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,569,385
  2. Match 5

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82times
4172times

Every number was expected about that many times after 604 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 (4, 5, 27) with the draw of 25 February 2015 — its closest relative in 604 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2016): 27, 41 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 25 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 →
11≈ 11 by chance
$474
  • Match 4457≈ 503 by chance$42.00
  • Match 37,596≈ 7.6k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈279k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 457 winners, 9% fewer than the 503 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,569,385
    Match 511$474
    Match 4457$42.00
    Match 37,596$3.00