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Lotto · draw

Friday, 26 February 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 18
  4. 27
  5. 34
  6. 40

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

Rules6/44 · since Jan 2010draw 643 of 1,752 under them

← 2016-02-23All recent draws2016-03-01 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:41 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 3 18 27 34 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap63th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread79th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 88 of each

299times
379times
1887times
27104times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 216kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.6Kto 5.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 59 winnerschance said 7.0

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$14.1K
  • Match 440%$16.2K
  • Match 325%$10.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 59≈ 7.0 by chance$1,568
  2. Match 4

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77times
40106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 642 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 (2, 18, 27, 40) with the draw of 7 October 2014 — its closest relative in 642 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 February 2016): 40 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 2–3. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 11 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 24% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
289≈ 322 by chance
$56.00
  • Match 35,152≈ 5.2k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈216k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,152 winners, 0% more than the 5.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60—
    Match 59$1,568
    Match 4289$56.00
    Match 35,152$2.00
    Totals5,450—