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Lotto · draw

Friday, 14 October 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 12
  4. 17
  5. 20
  6. 36

Jackpot$4,300,000

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 709 of 1,751 under them

← 2016-10-11All recent draws2016-10-18 →

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 6 12 17 20 3629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap70th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread61th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 97 of each

1121times
6104times
12100times
17113times
20

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-14

  • Lines in play≈ 239kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.3Mto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$4.3M
  • Match 50.3%$13.8K
  • Match 40.4%$15.9K
  • 1 other tier0.3%$11.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.03 by chance

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87times
3694times

Every number was expected about that many times after 708 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 (1, 6, 12) with the draw of 17 March 2015 — its closest relative in 708 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 October 2016): 12, 36 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 7th 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

17 had not appeared for 22 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 →
$4,300,000
  • Match 510≈ 7.7 by chance$1,380
  • Match 4387≈ 357 by chance$41.00
  • Match 35,715≈ 5.7k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈239k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,715 winners, 0% more than the 5.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$4,300,000
    Match 510$1,380
    Match 4387$41.00
    Match 35,715$2.00
    Totals6,113—