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Match 4 · draw

Thursday, 21 January 2016

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 20

Jackpot$20,000

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

Rules4/24 · since Jan 2010draw 2,212 of 6,123 under them

← 2016-01-20All recent draws2016-01-22 →

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 12 16 2029 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

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

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd17th
  • low50th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 369 of each

5366times
12349times
16377times
20369times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,211 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.

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-21

  • Lines in play≈ 20kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27.3Kto 2.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 42 winnerschance said 1.9

Where the money went

  • Match 473%$20.0K
  • Match 311%$3.0K
  • Match 216%$4.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 42≈ 1.9 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

This exact draw has happened before, on 21 November 2014. Chance gave a match this close a 19% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 January 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

53

The numbers add up to 53 — the 57th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 50. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 6 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 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
151≈ 152 by chance
$20.00
  • Match 22,159≈ 2.2k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈20k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,159 winners, 0% more than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 42$10,000
    Match 3151$20.00
    Match 22,159$2.00
    Totals2,312—