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Lotto · draw

Friday, 3 March 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 15
  5. 16
  6. 26

Jackpot$1,100,000

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 749 of 1,751 under them

← 2017-02-28All recent draws2017-03-07 →

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 3 5 15 16 2629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

32oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 32 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

1129times
399times
599times
1587times
16

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-03

  • Lines in play≈ 234kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34.4Kto 6.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 513 winnerschance said 7.6

Where the money went

  • Match 531%$10.7K
  • Match 436%$12.5K
  • Match 333%$11.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001kPrize each
  1. Match 513≈ 7.6 by chance$823
  2. Match 4

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104times
2693times

Every number was expected about that many times after 748 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 (3, 5, 16, 26) with the draw of 6 September 2016 — its closest relative in 748 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 February 2017): 1, 15, 16 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

66

The numbers add up to 66 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 20 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
432≈ 350 by chance
$29.00
  • Match 35,604≈ 5.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈234k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,604 winners, 0% more than the 5.6k 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 513$823
    Match 4432$29.00
    Match 35,604$2.00
    Totals6,049—