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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 23
  5. 24
  6. 26

Jackpot$1,700,000

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 1,093 of 2,628 under them

← 2016-12-21All recent draws2016-12-26 →

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 16 23 24 2629 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd20th
  • low94th
  • widest gap5th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 134 of each

5119times
8132times
16118times
23129times
24

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-24

  • Lines in play≈ 706kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.8Mto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 696%$1.7M
  • Match 41.2%$21.4K
  • Match 32.1%$37.4K
  • 1 other tier0.8%$15.0K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.05 by chance

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118times
26155times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,092 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 (5, 23, 26) with the draw of 10 December 2016 — its closest relative in 1,092 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 December 2016): 26 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

102

The numbers add up to 102 — the 7th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 9 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 3.0× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,700,000
  • Match 515≈ 13 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4713≈ 684 by chance$30.00
  • Match 312,458≈ 12k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈706k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 713 winners, 4% more than the 684 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$1,700,000
    Match 515$1,000
    Match 4713$30.00
    Match 312,458$3.00
    Totals13,187—