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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 3 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 20
  4. 24
  5. 33
  6. 44

Jackpot$3,500,000

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 302 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-12-01All recent draws2016-12-05 →

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 4 20 24 33 4429 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 301 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 3 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread70th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

134times
438times
2032times
2426times
33

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-03

  • Lines in play≈ 532kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$164Kto 75k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$19.6K
  • Match 325%$40.7K
  • Match 239%$64K
  • 5 other tiers24%$39.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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38times
4425times

Every number was expected about that many times after 301 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 (4, 24, 33) with the draw of 23 June 2016 — its closest relative in 301 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 December 2016): 24 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 17th 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

20 had not appeared for 30 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 49% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,500,000
  • Match 56≈ 7.2 by chance$2,337
  • Match 4405≈ 406 by chance$48.50
  • Match 38,141≈ 7.9k by chance$5.00
  • Match 264,014≈ 64k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot35$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot276$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot916$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,034$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 ≈532k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,141 winners, 3% more than the 7.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 56$2,337
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4405$48.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot35$125
    Match 38,141$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot276$25.00
    Match 264,014$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot916$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,034$5.00
    Totals0—