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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. 25
  5. 27
  6. 29

Jackpot$1,642,635

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 698 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-12-10All recent draws2016-12-17 →

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 7 17 25 27 2929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd99th
  • low50th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

3109times
7109times
17112times
25104times
27

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-14

  • Lines in play≈ 263kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$49.5Kto 7.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 523%$11.6K
  • Match 433%$16.5K
  • Match 343%$21.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,642,635
  2. Match 5

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98times
29107times

Every number was expected about that many times after 697 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, 7, 25, 27) with the draw of 3 December 2016 — its closest relative in 697 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 December 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

29 had not appeared for 21 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 2.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
16≈ 11 by chance
$725
  • Match 4531≈ 473 by chance$31.00
  • Match 37,148≈ 7.1k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈263k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,148 winners, 0% more than the 7.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,642,635
    Match 516$725
    Match 4531$31.00
    Match 37,148$3.00