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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 15
  6. 16

Jackpot$1,000,000

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 748 of 1,751 under them

← 2017-02-24All recent draws2017-03-03 →

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 2 7 8 15 1629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 February 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

19oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 19 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum0th
  • odd50th
  • low99th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

1128times
2115times
786times
8107times
15

Prize breakdown · 2017-02-28

  • Lines in play≈ 228kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$32.4Kto 5.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 58 winnerschance said 7.3

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$10.0K
  • Match 436%$11.6K
  • Match 334%$10.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 58≈ 7.3 by chance$1,246
  2. Match 4

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86times
16103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 747 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 (2, 8, 15, 16) with the draw of 4 October 2016 — its closest relative in 747 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 February 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

49

The numbers add up to 49 — the 0th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2, 7–8, 15–16. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 12 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 3.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
428≈ 340 by chance
$27.00
  • Match 35,438≈ 5.4k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈228k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,438 winners, 0% more than the 5.4k 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 58$1,246
    Match 4428$27.00
    Match 35,438$2.00
    Totals5,874—