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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 29
  6. 38

Jackpot$7,700,000

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 972 of 2,630 under them

← 2016-03-14All recent draws2016-03-19 →

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 feed9 19 21 22 29 3829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

9119times
19134times
21123times
22131times
29

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 863kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$88.9Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$17K
  • Match 429%$26.2K
  • Match 351%$45.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$7,700,000
  2. Match 5

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105times
38106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 971 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, 19, 21, 29) with the draw of 13 June 2015 — its closest relative in 971 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 March 2016): 19 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

138

The numbers add up to 138 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 23 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17≈ 16 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4874≈ 836 by chance$30.00
  • Match 315,231≈ 15k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈863k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 874 winners, 5% more than the 836 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,700,000
    Match 517$1,000
    Match 4874$30.00
    Match 315,231$3.00
    Totals16,122—