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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 23 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 27
  3. 28
  4. 29
  5. 36
  6. 49

Jackpot$5,300,000

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 949 of 2,629 under them

← 2016-01-20All 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, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 27 28 29 36 4929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

44oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 44 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum79th
  • odd48th
  • low5th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread72th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 116 of each

8119times
27118times
28110times
29104times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-23

  • Lines in play≈ 912kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$90.3Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 518%$16K
  • Match 429%$26K
  • Match 353%$48.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$5,300,000
  2. Match 5

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117times
49111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 948 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 (27, 28, 29, 36) with the draw of 22 August 2011 — its closest relative in 948 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

177

The numbers add up to 177 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 27–28, 28–29. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 40 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 →
16≈ 17 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4867≈ 883 by chance$30.00
  • Match 316,092≈ 16k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈912k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 867 winners, 2% fewer than the 883 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,300,000
    Match 516$1,000
    Match 4867$30.00
    Match 316,092$3.00
    Totals16,975—