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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 31
  3. 35
  4. 36
  5. 40
  6. 47

Jackpot$5,000,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 946 of 2,629 under them

← 2016-01-13All recent draws2016-01-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 31 35 36 40 4729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 116 of each

12121times
31121times
35108times
36116times
40

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-16

  • Lines in play≈ 907kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$86.8Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$12K
  • Match 431%$26.7K
  • Match 355%$48K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$5,000,000
  2. Match 5

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124times
47123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 945 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 (35, 36, 47) with the draw of 23 December 2015 — its closest relative in 945 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 January 2016): 31 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

201

The numbers add up to 201 — the 94th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 64% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
12≈ 17 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4891≈ 879 by chance$30.00
  • Match 316,015≈ 16k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈907k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 891 winners, 1% more than the 879 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,000,000
    Match 512$1,000
    Match 4891$30.00
    Match 316,015$3.00
    Totals16,918—