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Lotto · draw

Monday, 25 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 28
  4. 35
  5. 42
  6. 48

Jackpot$5,400,000

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 950 of 2,629 under them

← 2016-01-23All recent draws2016-01-27 →

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 feed3 4 28 35 42 4829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread91th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 116 of each

3121times
4122times
28111times
35110times
42

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-25

  • Lines in play≈ 604kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$63.3Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 521%$13K
  • Match 429%$18.3K
  • Match 351%$32K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$5,400,000
  2. Match 5

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115times
48118times

Every number was expected about that many times after 949 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 (3, 35, 42, 48) with the draw of 18 January 2016 — its closest relative in 949 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 61% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 January 2016): 28 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 61th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 3–4. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 6 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 50% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
13≈ 11 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4611≈ 585 by chance$30.00
  • Match 310,662≈ 11k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈604k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 611 winners, 4% more than the 585 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,400,000
    Match 513$1,000
    Match 4611$30.00
    Match 310,662$3.00
    Totals11,286—