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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 31 March 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 5
  4. 15
  5. 26
  6. 43

Jackpot$3,250,000

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 196 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-03-28All recent draws2016-04-02 →

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 feed1 2 5 15 26 4329 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 195 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 31 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

122times
221times
524times
1522times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-31

  • Lines in play≈ 539kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$167.1Kto 76k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$19.1K
  • Match 326%$44.1K
  • Match 239%$64.8K
  • 5 other tiers23%$39.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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20times
4320times

Every number was expected about that many times after 195 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 (1, 26, 43) with the draw of 26 December 2015 — its closest relative in 195 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 March 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,250,000
  • Match 55≈ 7.3 by chance$2,744
  • Match 4415≈ 411 by chance$46.00
  • Match 38,823≈ 8.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 264,810≈ 65k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot30$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot314$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot889$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot984$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 ≈539k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,823 winners, 10% more than the 8.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 55$2,744
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4415$46.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot30$125
    Match 38,823$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot314$25.00
    Match 264,810$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot889$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot984$5.00
    Totals0—