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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 February 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 16
  3. 21
  4. 31
  5. 36
  6. 52

Jackpot$24,250,000

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 179 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-02-18All recent draws2016-02-22 →

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 feed6 16 21 31 36 5229 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 178 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 20 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

626times
1632times
2117times
3118times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-20

  • Lines in play≈ 823kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$343.6Kto 115k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 318%$60.2K
  • Match 229%$98.9K
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot27%$94.1K
  • 7 other tiers26%$90.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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31times
5222times

Every number was expected about that many times after 178 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 (16, 36, 52) with the draw of 17 October 2015 — its closest relative in 178 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 February 2016): 16, 31 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

162

The numbers add up to 162 — the 53th 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

21 had not appeared for 30 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$24,250,000
  • Match 55≈ 11 by chance$3,766
  • Match 4629≈ 627 by chance$50.00
  • Match 312,043≈ 12k by chance$5.00
  • Match 298,912≈ 99k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot1$94,138
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,250
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot47$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot388$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,410$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,576$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈823k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,043 winners, 2% fewer than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$24,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot1$94,138
    Match 55$3,766
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,250
    Match 4629$50.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot47$125
    Match 312,043$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot388$25.00
    Match 298,912$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,410$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,576$5.00
    Totals0—