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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 17
  4. 21
  5. 23
  6. 35

Jackpot$1,212,726

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 684 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-10-22All recent draws2016-10-29 →

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 feed3 9 17 21 23 3529 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd99th
  • low79th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread53th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 98 of each

3106times
988times
17109times
2194times
23

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-26

  • Lines in play≈ 221kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$37.1Kto 6.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$4.1K
  • Match 440%$15.0K
  • Match 349%$18.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$1,212,726
  2. Match 5

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97times
3587times

Every number was expected about that many times after 683 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 (3, 9, 17, 35) with the draw of 28 March 2015 — its closest relative in 683 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 October 2016): nothing 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. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 10 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 →
12≈ 9.1 by chance
$340
  • Match 4416≈ 399 by chance$36.00
  • Match 36,026≈ 6.0k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈221k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,026 winners, 0% more than the 6.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,212,726
    Match 512$340
    Match 4416$36.00
    Match 36,026$3.00