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Lotto · draw

Friday, 8 April 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 31

Jackpot$5,200,000

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 655 of 1,751 under them

← 2016-04-05All recent draws2016-04-12 →

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 feed4 11 26 27 28 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 66% of every possible ticket.

  • sum39th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap63th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread22th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

490times
11101times
2682times
27107times
28

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-08

  • Lines in play≈ 303kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$5.3Mto 7.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$5.2M
  • Match 50.3%$16.8K
  • Match 40.4%$19.6K
  • 1 other tier0.3%$14.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.04 by chance

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79times
3183times

Every number was expected about that many times after 654 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 (4, 11, 27, 28) with the draw of 3 January 2012 — its closest relative in 654 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 63% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 April 2016): 11 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 39th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27, 27–28. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 20 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,200,000
  • Match 55≈ 9.8 by chance$3,360
  • Match 4489≈ 453 by chance$40.00
  • Match 37,241≈ 7.2k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈303k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,241 winners, 0% more than the 7.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$5,200,000
    Match 55$3,360
    Match 4489$40.00
    Match 37,241$2.00
    Totals7,736—