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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 28 July 2016

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 23
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 31

Jackpot$2,600,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 686 of 2,031 under them

← 2016-07-25All recent draws2016-08-01 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 8 23 25 26 3129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 84 of each

3106times
870times
2377times
2582times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-28

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$2.6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$2,600,000
  2. Match 50$1,060
  3. Match 40$34.00

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77times
3187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 685 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 5 of 6 numbers (3, 8, 23, 25, 31) with the draw of 7 July 2016 — its closest relative in 685 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 1.3% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 July 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 8 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 3.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 30$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,600,000
    Match 50$1,060
    Match 40$34.00
    Match 30$3.00
    Match 2 + XTRA0—
    Totals0—