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Lotto · draw

Monday, 20 March 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 15
  3. 28
  4. 29
  5. 44
  6. 46

Jackpot$5,500,000

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 348 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-03-18All recent draws2017-03-23 →

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 feed6 15 28 29 44 4629 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 347 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 20 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 40 of each

646times
1542times
2835times
2945times
44

Prize breakdown · 2017-03-20

  • Lines in play≈ 425kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$133.7Kto 60k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$16.7K
  • Match 322%$29.7K
  • Match 238%$51.2K
  • 6 other tiers27%$36.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

34times
4642times

Every number was expected about that many times after 347 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 (15, 29, 44) with the draw of 12 January 2017 — its closest relative in 347 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 March 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

46 had not appeared for 20 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,500,000
  • Match 57≈ 5.8 by chance$1,715
  • Match 4306≈ 324 by chance$54.50
  • Match 35,949≈ 6.3k by chance$5.00
  • Match 251,154≈ 51k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,363
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot29$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot230$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot853$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot977$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈425k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,949 winners, 6% fewer than the 6.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 57$1,715
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,363
    Match 4306$54.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot29$125
    Match 35,949$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot230$25.00
    Match 251,154$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot853$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot977$5.00
    Totals0—