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Lucky for Life · draw

Monday, 16 January 2017

ResultLucky for Life

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 24
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 1

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015draw 206 of 2,354 under them

← 2017-01-12All recent draws2017-01-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed5 6 24 25 26 + 129 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours100th
  • spread10th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 21 of each

516times
621times
2418times
2527times
26

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19times
Stars · a separate 1-of-18 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

18times

Every number was expected about that many times after 205 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 3 of 5 numbers (6, 24, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 3 November 2016 — its closest relative in 205 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 January 2017): 6 carried over. Chance says 44% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (6% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

86

The numbers add up to 86 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6, 24–25, 25–26. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

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The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 10 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 2% of the jackpot.

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

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