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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 22 September 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 42
  5. 46
  6. 51

Jackpot$7,000,000

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 271 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-09-19All recent draws2016-09-24 →

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 feed20 23 24 42 46 5129 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 270 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 22 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

2030times
2332times
2421times
4228times
46

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-22

  • Lines in play≈ 526kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$167.4Kto 73k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$21.6K
  • Match 322%$36.4K
  • Match 238%$63.2K
  • 6 other tiers28%$46.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

33times
5136times

Every number was expected about that many times after 270 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 (20, 42, 51) with the draw of 3 October 2015 — its closest relative in 270 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 September 2016): 20, 42 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

206

The numbers add up to 206 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

46 had not appeared for 27 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,000,000
  • Match 58≈ 7.1 by chance$1,946
  • Match 4375≈ 401 by chance$57.50
  • Match 37,273≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 263,242≈ 63k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,438
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot34$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot265$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot980$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,134$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈526k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,273 winners, 7% fewer than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 58$1,946
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,438
    Match 4375$57.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot34$125
    Match 37,273$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot265$25.00
    Match 263,242$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot980$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,134$5.00
    Totals0—