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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 September 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 15
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 37
  6. 38

Jackpot$3,217,955

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 777 of 2,099 under them

← 2017-09-13All recent draws2017-09-20 →

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 feed15 17 22 24 37 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 September 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread13th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

15108times
17124times
22109times
24109times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-09-16

  • Lines in play≈ 256kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.9Kto 7.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$5.5K
  • Match 444%$20.5K
  • Match 344%$20.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$3,217,955
  2. Match 5

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98times
38111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 776 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 (15, 17, 22, 24) with the draw of 31 October 2012 — its closest relative in 776 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 September 2017): 15, 38 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 37–38. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 14 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7≈ 11 by chance
$791
  • Match 4437≈ 460 by chance$47.00
  • Match 36,957≈ 7.0k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈256k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,957 winners, 0% more than the 7.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,217,955
    Match 57$791
    Match 4437$47.00
    Match 36,957$3.00