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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Thursday, 21 January 2016

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 31
  5. 33
  6. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 434 of 3,977 under them

← 2016-01-18All recent draws2016-01-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 23 24 31 33 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

83oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 83 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 100% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 53 of each

847times
2350times
2459times
3148times
33

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61times
4256times

Every number was expected about that many times after 433 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 (8, 23, 33, 42) with the draw of 18 November 2013 — its closest relative in 433 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2016): 24 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

161

The numbers add up to 161 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 34 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 42% of the jackpot.

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

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