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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 27 February 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 24
  3. 30
  4. 34
  5. 37
  6. 42

Jackpot$25,000,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 182 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-02-25All recent draws2016-02-29 →

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 24 30 34 37 4229 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 181 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 27 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

627times
2413times
3029times
3419times
37

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-27

  • Lines in play≈ 813kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$251.9Kto 114k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$31.8K
  • Match 323%$58.3K
  • Match 239%$97.8K
  • 6 other tiers25%$64K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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20times
4216times

Every number was expected about that many times after 181 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 (30, 34, 37) with the draw of 28 January 2016 — its closest relative in 181 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 February 2016): 24 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

173

The numbers add up to 173 — the 65th 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

42 had not appeared for 45 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 →
$25,000,000
  • Match 516≈ 11 by chance$1,430
  • Match 4636≈ 620 by chance$50.00
  • Match 311,652≈ 12k by chance$5.00
  • Match 297,784≈ 98k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,250
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot58$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot379$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,464$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,710$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈813k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 11,652 winners, 4% 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$25,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 516$1,430
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,250
    Match 4636$50.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot58$125
    Match 311,652$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot379$25.00
    Match 297,784$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,464$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,710$5.00
    Totals0—