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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 15 October 2016

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 24
  6. 42
  7. 46

Jackpot$14,000,000

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010draw 626 of 1,668 under them

← 2016-10-12All recent draws2016-10-19 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed1 8 17 18 24 42 + 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 October 2016 — 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 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 64 of each

172times
875times
1781times
1861times
24

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-15

  • Lines in play≈ 2.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$56.2Kto 22k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 529%$16.3K
  • Match 433%$18.5K
  • Match 338%$21.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$14,000,000

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63times
4259times

Every number was expected about that many times after 625 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 (1, 8, 18) with the draw of 30 July 2016 — its closest relative in 625 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 October 2016): 1, 17 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 33 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 56% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.28 by chance$21,764
  • Match 514≈ 14 by chance$1,164
  • Match 4976≈ 960 by chance$19.00
  • Match 321,392≈ 22k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 976 winners, 2% more than the 960 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$14,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$21,764
    Match 514$1,164
    Match 4976$19.00
    Match 321,392$1.00
    Totals22,382—