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Lotto · draw

Monday, 16 December 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 24
  5. 26
  6. 34

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 1,560 of 1,616 under them

← 2024-12-14All recent draws2024-12-19 →

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 9 16 24 26 3429 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 1,559 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 16 December 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum10th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap4th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 180 of each

5164times
9159times
16225times
24179times
26

Prize breakdown · 2024-12-16

  • Lines in play≈ 270kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$138.4Kto 40k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 47.5%$10.4K
  • Match 316%$22.1K
  • Match 247%$65K
  • 6 other tiers30%$40.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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191times
34183times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,559 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, 24) with the draw of 11 July 2024 — its closest relative in 1,559 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 December 2024): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 10th 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

34 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,950,000
  • Match 52≈ 3.7 by chance$3,943
  • Match 4245≈ 206 by chance$42.50
  • Match 34,414≈ 4.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 232,485≈ 32k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$98,575
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,063
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot51$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot313$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot928$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,062$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈270k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,414 winners, 10% more than the 4.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,950,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$98,575
    Match 52$3,943
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,063
    Match 4245$42.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot51$125
    Match 34,414$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot313$25.00
    Match 232,485$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot928$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,062$5.00
    Totals39,504—