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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 17
  4. 28
  5. 35
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,900,000

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 1,059 of 2,630 under them

← 2016-10-03All recent draws2016-10-08 →

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 feed5 8 17 28 35 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

74oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 74 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread52th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 130 of each

5113times
8126times
17136times
28128times
35

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-05

  • Lines in play≈ 413kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.1Kto 7.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 515%$6K
  • Match 432%$13.2K
  • Match 353%$21.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,900,000
  2. Match 5

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124times
42127times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,058 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 (8, 28, 35, 42) with the draw of 13 November 2013 — its closest relative in 1,058 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 65% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 October 2016): 42 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 32th 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

35 had not appeared for 17 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 39% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 7.6 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4440≈ 400 by chance$30.00
  • Match 37,296≈ 7.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈413k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,296 winners, 0% more than the 7.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,900,000
    Match 56$1,000
    Match 4440$30.00
    Match 37,296$3.00
    Totals7,742—