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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 July 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 17
  4. 21
  5. 22
  6. 27

Jackpot$4,328,543

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 657 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-07-20All recent draws2016-07-27 →

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 feed8 13 17 21 22 2729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 July 2016 — 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 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 94 of each

885times
13100times
17107times
2186times
22

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-23

  • Lines in play≈ 363kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$62.7Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$7.0K
  • Match 442%$26.0K
  • Match 347%$29.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$4,328,543
  2. Match 5

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90times
2793times

Every number was expected about that many times after 656 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 (8, 13, 27) with the draw of 5 March 2016 — its closest relative in 656 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 July 2016): 17 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

108

The numbers add up to 108 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 40 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
14≈ 15 by chance
$499
  • Match 4651≈ 655 by chance$40.00
  • Match 39,891≈ 9.9k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈363k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 651 winners, 1% fewer than the 655 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,328,543
    Match 514$499
    Match 4651$40.00
    Match 39,891$3.00