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Lotto · draw

Monday, 21 March 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 12
  4. 31
  5. 40
  6. 47

Jackpot$8,000,000

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 974 of 2,630 under them

← 2016-03-19All recent draws2016-03-23 →

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 feed6 8 12 31 40 4729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 March 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum43th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread72th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

6115times
8122times
12123times
31122times
40

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-21

  • Lines in play≈ 783kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$74.1Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 513%$10K
  • Match 431%$22.6K
  • Match 356%$41.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$8,000,000
  2. Match 5

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129times
47126times

Every number was expected about that many times after 973 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 (12, 31, 40, 47) with the draw of 16 January 2016 — its closest relative in 973 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 March 2016): 40, 47 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 42th 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

31 had not appeared for 28 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
10≈ 14 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4754≈ 759 by chance$30.00
  • Match 313,824≈ 14k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈783k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 754 winners, 1% fewer than the 759 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,000,000
    Match 510$1,000
    Match 4754$30.00
    Match 313,824$3.00
    Totals14,588—