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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 29 October 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 12
  3. 30
  4. 31
  5. 51
  6. 52

Jackpot$11,000,000

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 287 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-10-27All recent draws2016-10-31 →

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 feed8 12 30 31 51 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 286 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 29 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 33 of each

831times
1234times
3042times
3129times
51

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-29

  • Lines in play≈ 621kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$11.2Mto 87k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 698%$11M
  • Match 30.4%$45.3K
  • Match 20.7%$74.7K
  • 7 other tiers0.6%$72.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.03 by chance

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40times
5231times

Every number was expected about that many times after 286 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 4 of 6 numbers (8, 30, 31, 52) with the draw of 6 October 2016 — its closest relative in 286 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 20% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 October 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

184

The numbers add up to 184 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 30–31, 51–52. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 13 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 47% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$11,000,000
  • Match 55≈ 8.4 by chance$3,393
  • Match 4450≈ 474 by chance$52.50
  • Match 39,052≈ 9.3k by chance$5.00
  • Match 274,706≈ 75k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,313
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot43$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot314$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,029$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,173$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈621k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,052 winners, 2% fewer than the 9.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$11,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 55$3,393
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,313
    Match 4450$52.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot43$125
    Match 39,052$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot314$25.00
    Match 274,706$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,029$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,173$5.00
    Totals0—