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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 10
  3. 15
  4. 24
  5. 29
  6. 33

Jackpot$6,106,401

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 666 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-08-20All recent draws2016-08-27 →

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 feed7 10 15 24 29 3329 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum35th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 95 of each

7103times
1097times
1591times
2495times
29

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-24

  • Lines in play≈ 430kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$74.6Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$8.4K
  • Match 442%$31.1K
  • Match 347%$35.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$6,106,401
  2. Match 5

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104times
33109times

Every number was expected about that many times after 665 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 (7, 24, 29, 33) with the draw of 9 October 2010 — its closest relative in 665 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2016): 10 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 34th 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

15 had not appeared for 24 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17≈ 18 by chance
$493
  • Match 4777≈ 775 by chance$40.00
  • Match 311,707≈ 12k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈430k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 777 winners, 0% more than the 775 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,106,401
    Match 517$493
    Match 4777$40.00
    Match 311,707$3.00