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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 31 December 2016

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 16
  3. 25
  4. 40
  5. 44
  6. 50
  7. 52

Jackpot$6,500,000

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 648 of 1,672 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, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 16 25 40 44 50 + 5229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

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.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 91% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 66 of each

362times
1667times
2573times
4057times
44

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-31

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$6.6Mto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$6.5M
  • Match 50.3%$18.1K
  • Match 40.3%$20.4K
  • 1 other tier0.3%$17.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.04 by chance

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69times
5075times

Every number was expected about that many times after 647 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 (16, 40, 44) with the draw of 28 December 2016 — its closest relative in 647 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 December 2016): 16, 40, 44 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

178

The numbers add up to 178 — the 48th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 34 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.23 by chance$23,816
  • Match 510≈ 12 by chance$1,806
  • Match 4816≈ 796 by chance$25.00
  • Match 317,735≈ 18k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 816 winners, 3% more than the 796 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$6,500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$23,816
    Match 510$1,806
    Match 4816$25.00
    Match 317,735$1.00
    Totals18,562—