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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 September 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 22
  5. 28
  6. 30

Jackpot$8,081,029

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 675 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-09-21All recent draws2016-09-28 →

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 18 19 22 28 3029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

888times
18113times
1995times
2295times
28

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-24

  • Lines in play≈ 502kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$87.5Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$9.9K
  • Match 442%$36.6K
  • Match 347%$41.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.10 by chance$8,081,029
  2. Match 5

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97times
3082times

Every number was expected about that many times after 674 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 (19, 22, 28) with the draw of 14 September 2016 — its closest relative in 674 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 September 2016): 22 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 12 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
20≈ 21 by chance
$495
  • Match 4893≈ 904 by chance$41.00
  • Match 313,653≈ 14k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈502k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 893 winners, 1% fewer than the 904 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,081,029
    Match 520$495
    Match 4893$41.00
    Match 313,653$3.00