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Match 4 · draw

Sunday, 5 March 2017

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 22

Jackpot$10,000

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 2,621 of 6,123 under them

← 2017-03-04All recent draws2017-03-06 →

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 feed10 12 16 2229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 March 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum77th
  • odd2th
  • low50th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread26th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 437 of each

10417times
12419times
16448times
22424times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,620 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 · 2017-03-05

  • Lines in play≈ 18kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$16.4Kto 2.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 41 winnerchance said 1.7

Where the money went

  • Match 461%$10.0K
  • Match 315%$2.5K
  • Match 224%$3.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 41≈ 1.7 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (10, 16, 22) with the draw of 24 January 2017 — its closest relative in 2,620 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 March 2017): 10 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

60

The numbers add up to 60 — the 76th 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

22 had not appeared for 5 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 →
126≈ 135 by chance
$20.00
  • Match 21,925≈ 1.9k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈18k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,925 winners, 0% more than the 1.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 41$10,000
    Match 3126$20.00
    Match 21,925$2.00
    Totals2,052—