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Lotto · draw

Friday, 16 September 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 16
  4. 24
  5. 30
  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 701 of 1,752 under them

← 2016-09-13All recent draws2016-09-20 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed1 5 16 24 30 4429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap55th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread99th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 95 of each

1119times
596times
1689times
2492times
3089times
4491times

Every number was expected about that many times after 700 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 (1, 24, 30, 44) with the draw of 4 March 2014 — its closest relative in 700 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 September 2016): 44 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 7 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-16

  • Lines in play≈ 211kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$37.8Kto 5.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 6.8

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$12.8K
  • Match 439%$14.9K
  • Match 327%$10.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 6.8 by chance$4,280
  2. Match 4317≈ 315 by chance$47.00
  3. Match 35,039≈ 5.0k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈211k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,039 winners, 0% more than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60—
Match 53$4,280
Match 4317$47.00
Match 35,039$2.00
Totals5,359—

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