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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 17
  6. 18

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

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 2,821 of 3,974 under them

← 2023-08-15All recent draws2023-08-17 →

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 9 14 16 17 1829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

8oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 8 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 0% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd20th
  • low99th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread0th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 345 of each

8320times
9347times
14344times
16371times
17

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 25Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$176.0Kto 46k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 537lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 182,139 winnerschance said 1.8

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1829%$50.4K
  • Match 4 of 1834%$59.4K
  • Match 3 of 613%$22.5K
  • 5 other tiers25%$43.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in2,139≈ 1.8 by chance

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365times
18376times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,820 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 4 of 6 numbers (9, 16, 17, 18) with the draw of 4 May 2022 — its closest relative in 2,820 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

82

The numbers add up to 82 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 16–17, 17–18. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 31 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 →
$1,150,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in8,286≈ 458 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in24,033≈ 24k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 611,261≈ 438k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 181$2,500
  • Match 9 of 187$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1852$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18408$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈25M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 of 6 — 11,261 winners, 97% fewer than the 438k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 of 60$1,150,000
    Match 5 of 69$1,000
    Match 4 of 6629$20.00
    Match 3 of 611,261$2.00
    Match 10+ of 181$2,500
    Match 9 of 187$1,000
    Match 8 of 1852$50.00
    Match 7 of 18408$25.00
    Match 6 of 182,139$10.00
    Match 5 of 188,277$5.00
    Match 4 of 1823,404$2.00
    Totals46,187—