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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 29 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 39
  5. 45
  6. 50

Jackpot$6,250,000

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 313 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-12-26All recent draws2016-12-31 →

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 feed13 21 26 39 45 5029 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 312 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 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum84th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

1334times
2131times
2631times
3938times
45

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-29

  • Lines in play≈ 524kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$167.6Kto 73k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$21.1K
  • Match 322%$37.5K
  • Match 238%$63K
  • 6 other tiers27%$46K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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46times
5038times

Every number was expected about that many times after 312 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 5 of 6 numbers (13, 21, 39, 45, 50) with the draw of 24 November 2016 — its closest relative in 312 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 0.4% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

194

The numbers add up to 194 — the 83th 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

45 had not appeared for 15 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,250,000
  • Match 58≈ 7.1 by chance$1,896
  • Match 4414≈ 400 by chance$51.00
  • Match 37,502≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 263,018≈ 63k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,275
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot38$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot271$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot969$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,151$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈524k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,502 winners, 4% 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$6,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 58$1,896
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,275
    Match 4414$51.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot38$125
    Match 37,502$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot271$25.00
    Match 263,018$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot969$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,151$5.00
    Totals0—