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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 31 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 19
  4. 20
  5. 27
  6. 31

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020draw 702 of 1,077 under them

← 2016-12-28All recent draws2017-01-04 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 8 19 20 27 3129 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 701 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 31 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

297times
8106times
19105times
2091times
27

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97times
31103times

Every number was expected about that many times after 701 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (2, 8, 27, 31) with the draw of 11 August 2012 — its closest relative in 701 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 79% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 7 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

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