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Lotto · draw

Monday, 4 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 15
  3. 28
  4. 36
  5. 43
  6. 45

Jackpot$19,250,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 159 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-01-02All recent draws2016-01-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed10 15 28 36 43 4529 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 158 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

1011times
1519times
288times
3626times
43

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-04

  • Lines in play≈ 604kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$184.3Kto 84k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$23.9K
  • Match 323%$42.2K
  • Match 239%$72.7K
  • 5 other tiers25%$45.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

16times
4525times

Every number was expected about that many times after 158 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 (36, 43, 45) with the draw of 13 June 2015 — its closest relative in 158 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

177

The numbers add up to 177 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 62% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$19,250,000
  • Match 56≈ 8.2 by chance$2,851
  • Match 4399≈ 461 by chance$60.00
  • Match 38,448≈ 9.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 272,681≈ 73k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot32$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot316$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,040$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,202$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈604k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,448 winners, 6% fewer than the 9.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$19,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 56$2,851
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4399$60.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot32$125
    Match 38,448$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot316$25.00
    Match 272,681$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,040$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,202$5.00
    Totals0—