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Lotto · draw

Friday, 16 March 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 22
  5. 25
  6. 31

Jackpot$2,000,000

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 857 of 1,752 under them

← 2018-03-13All recent draws2018-03-20 →

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 feed6 15 20 22 25 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 117 of each

6122times
15102times
20114times
22101times
25

Prize breakdown · 2018-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 188kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34.1Kto 4.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 58 winnerschance said 6.1

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$11.6K
  • Match 440%$13.5K
  • Match 326%$9.0K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 58≈ 6.1 by chance$1,451
  2. Match 4

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121times
31111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 856 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 (6, 20, 22, 25) with the draw of 25 October 2013 — its closest relative in 856 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 March 2018): 25, 31 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

119

The numbers add up to 119 — the 29th 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

6 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 2.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
338≈ 280 by chance
$40.00
  • Match 34,484≈ 4.5k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈188k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,484 winners, 0% more than the 4.5k 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$1,451
    Match 4338$40.00
    Match 34,484$2.00
    Totals4,830—