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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 October 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 25
  2. 37
  3. 45
  4. 47
  5. 50
  6. 51

Jackpot$10,250,000

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 284 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-10-20All recent draws2016-10-24 →

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 feed25 37 45 47 50 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 283 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 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum100th
  • odd95th
  • low5th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

2524times
3731times
4543times
4728times
50

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-22

  • Lines in play≈ 723kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$223.6Kto 101k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 414%$30.2K
  • Match 323%$52.2K
  • Match 239%$86.9K
  • 6 other tiers24%$54.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

35times
5139times

Every number was expected about that many times after 283 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 (25, 50, 51) with the draw of 10 September 2016 — its closest relative in 283 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 October 2016): 45 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

255

The numbers add up to 255 — the 100th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 50–51. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 18 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 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 80% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$10,250,000
  • Match 517≈ 9.8 by chance$1,281
  • Match 4526≈ 551 by chance$57.50
  • Match 310,438≈ 11k by chance$5.00
  • Match 286,915≈ 87k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,438
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot264$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,094$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,310$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈723k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 526 winners, 5% fewer than the 551 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$10,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 517$1,281
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,438
    Match 4526$57.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
    Match 310,438$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot264$25.00
    Match 286,915$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,094$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,310$5.00
    Totals0—