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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 11
  3. 15
  4. 17
  5. 34
  6. 42

Jackpot$5,200,000

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 948 of 2,629 under them

← 2016-01-18All recent draws2016-01-23 →

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 feed1 11 15 17 34 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 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 46% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap65th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread72th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 116 of each

1115times
11108times
1597times
17124times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-20

  • Lines in play≈ 719kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$73.3Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$15K
  • Match 428%$20.3K
  • Match 352%$38.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$5,200,000
  2. Match 5

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119times
42114times

Every number was expected about that many times after 947 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, 11, 15) with the draw of 28 October 2015 — its closest relative in 947 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 January 2016): 42 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 25 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 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
15≈ 13 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4675≈ 696 by chance$30.00
  • Match 312,687≈ 13k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈719k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 675 winners, 3% fewer than the 696 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,200,000
    Match 515$1,000
    Match 4675$30.00
    Match 312,687$3.00
    Totals13,377—