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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 25
  4. 31
  5. 33
  6. 38

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 702 of 1,752 under them

← 2016-09-16All recent draws2016-09-23 →

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 feed7 16 25 31 33 3829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread39th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

781times
1690times
2593times
3190times
33

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-20

  • Lines in play≈ 178kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34.9Kto 4.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 53 winnerschance said 5.7

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$12.3K
  • Match 440%$14.1K
  • Match 324%$8.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 53≈ 5.7 by chance$4,089
  2. Match 4

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101times
38110times

Every number was expected about that many times after 701 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 (7, 25, 31, 38) with the draw of 12 July 2013 — its closest relative in 701 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 2016): 16 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 69th 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

25 had not appeared for 17 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
271≈ 266 by chance
$52.00
  • Match 34,255≈ 4.3k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈178k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,255 winners, 0% more than the 4.3k 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$4,089
    Match 4271$52.00
    Match 34,255$2.00
    Totals4,529—