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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 April 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 28
  6. 52

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 362 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-04-20All recent draws2017-04-24 →

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 feed5 16 26 27 28 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 361 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 April 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap90th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread88th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

542times
1657times
2639times
2730times
28

Prize breakdown · 2017-04-22

  • Lines in play≈ 516kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$160Kto 73k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$19K
  • Match 324%$39.1K
  • Match 239%$62.1K
  • 6 other tiers25%$39.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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37times
5238times

Every number was expected about that many times after 361 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 (5, 16, 26) with the draw of 4 March 2017 — its closest relative in 361 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 April 2017): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

154

The numbers add up to 154 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27, 27–28. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 12 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,500,000
  • Match 55≈ 7.0 by chance$2,726
  • Match 4408≈ 394 by chance$46.50
  • Match 37,829≈ 7.7k by chance$5.00
  • Match 262,070≈ 62k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,163
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot33$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot271$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot895$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,036$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈516k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,829 winners, 2% more than the 7.7k 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 55$2,726
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,163
    Match 4408$46.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot33$125
    Match 37,829$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot271$25.00
    Match 262,070$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot895$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,036$5.00
    Totals0—