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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 15
  4. 21
  5. 24
  6. 44

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 666 of 1,751 under them

← 2016-05-13All recent draws2016-05-20 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed9 10 15 21 24 4429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 75% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread61th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

996times
1085times
1576times
2188times
24

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 174kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.2Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 57 winnerschance said 5.6

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$10.6K
  • Match 439%$12.2K
  • Match 327%$8.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 57≈ 5.6 by chance$1,520
  2. Match 4

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86times
4486times

Every number was expected about that many times after 665 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 (15, 21, 24) with the draw of 15 March 2016 — its closest relative in 665 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2016): 10 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 34th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 6 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 →
260≈ 260 by chance
$47.00
  • Match 34,167≈ 4.2k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈174k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,167 winners, 0% more than the 4.2k 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 57$1,520
    Match 4260$47.00
    Match 34,167$2.00
    Totals4,434—