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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 7 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 35
  3. 36
  4. 38
  5. 46
  6. 47

Jackpot$19,500,000

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 160 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-01-04All recent draws2016-01-09 →

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 feed8 35 36 38 46 4729 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 159 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 7 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd21th
  • low5th
  • widest gap95th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

819times
3519times
3627times
3815times
46

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-07

  • Lines in play≈ 772kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$236.8Kto 107k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 414%$32.1K
  • Match 323%$54.6K
  • Match 239%$92.8K
  • 6 other tiers24%$57.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

23times
4713times

Every number was expected about that many times after 159 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 (35, 38, 46) with the draw of 14 February 2015 — its closest relative in 159 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 January 2016): 36 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

210

The numbers add up to 210 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36, 46–47. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 16 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 77% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$19,500,000
  • Match 510≈ 10 by chance$2,296
  • Match 4530≈ 589 by chance$60.50
  • Match 310,926≈ 12k by chance$5.00
  • Match 292,805≈ 93k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,513
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot32$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot353$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,231$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,538$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈772k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 530 winners, 10% fewer than the 589 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$19,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 510$2,296
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,513
    Match 4530$60.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot32$125
    Match 310,926$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot353$25.00
    Match 292,805$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,231$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,538$5.00
    Totals0—