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Cowboy Draw · draw

Monday, 3 October 2016

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 27
  4. 30
  5. 39

Jackpot$1,260,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Mar 2015draw 160 of 1,208 under them

← 2016-09-29All recent draws2016-10-06 →

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 feed8 9 27 30 3929 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours78th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

811times
916times
2717times
3018times
39

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-03

  • Lines in play≈ 74kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$51.3Kto 6.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 423%$12K
  • Match 318%$9.5K
  • Match 258%$29.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.06 by chance$1,260,000
  2. Match 4

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22times

Every number was expected about that many times after 159 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 5 numbers (9, 30, 39) with the draw of 10 August 2015 — its closest relative in 159 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 65% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 September 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

113

The numbers add up to 113 — the 47th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
12≈ 12 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 3473≈ 470 by chance$20.00
  • Match 25,959≈ 6.0k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈74k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 5,959 winners, 0% more than the 6.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$1,260,000
    Match 412$1,000
    Match 3473$20.00
    Match 25,959$5.00