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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 32

Jackpot$1,751,748

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 699 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-12-14All recent draws2016-12-21 →

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 feed2 14 16 19 20 3229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

296times
1495times
1697times
1999times
20

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-17

  • Lines in play≈ 207kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$37.3Kto 6.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$4.4K
  • Match 443%$16.1K
  • Match 345%$16.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$1,751,748
  2. Match 5

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106times
3289times

Every number was expected about that many times after 698 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 (14, 19, 20) with the draw of 27 April 2016 — its closest relative in 698 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 25 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 8.5 by chance
$727
  • Match 4349≈ 373 by chance$46.00
  • Match 35,641≈ 5.6k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈207k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,641 winners, 0% more than the 5.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,751,748
    Match 56$727
    Match 4349$46.00
    Match 35,641$3.00