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Lotto · draw

Monday, 18 April 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 12
  4. 15
  5. 28
  6. 29

Jackpot$1,300,000

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 986 of 2,630 under them

← 2016-04-16All recent draws2016-04-20 →

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 5 12 15 28 2929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 April 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread11th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

3126times
5103times
12126times
15101times
28

Prize breakdown · 2016-04-18

  • Lines in play≈ 380kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$49.2Kto 7.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$17K
  • Match 425%$12.1K
  • Match 341%$20.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,300,000
  2. Match 5

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117times
29106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 985 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 (12, 15, 28) with the draw of 8 August 2015 — its closest relative in 985 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 April 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 14 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 3.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17≈ 7.0 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4402≈ 368 by chance$30.00
  • Match 36,709≈ 6.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈380k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,709 winners, 0% more than the 6.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,300,000
    Match 517$1,000
    Match 4402$30.00
    Match 36,709$3.00
    Totals7,128—