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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 31 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 18
  4. 29
  5. 34
  6. 38

Jackpot$2,277,739

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 703 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-12-28All recent draws2017-01-04 →

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 feed5 8 18 29 34 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 100 of each

5107times
895times
18120times
29109times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 287kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51.1Kto 8.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$5.9K
  • Match 443%$21.8K
  • Match 346%$23.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$2,277,739
  2. Match 5

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101times
3895times

Every number was expected about that many times after 702 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 (8, 18, 34, 38) with the draw of 11 May 2013 — its closest relative in 702 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2016): 29 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 53th 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

34 had not appeared for 15 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 12 by chance
$741
  • Match 4544≈ 516 by chance$40.00
  • Match 37,803≈ 7.8k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈287k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 544 winners, 5% more than the 516 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,277,739
    Match 58$741
    Match 4544$40.00
    Match 37,803$3.00