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Cowboy Draw · draw

Thursday, 20 October 2016

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 17
  3. 30
  4. 34
  5. 42

Jackpot$250,000

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 165 of 1,208 under them

← 2016-10-17All recent draws2016-10-24 →

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 17 30 34 4229 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd32th
  • low32th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

523times
1719times
3019times
3412times
42

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-20

  • Lines in play≈ 32kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$23.5Kto 2.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 426%$6K
  • Match 318%$4.3K
  • Match 256%$13.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$250,000
  2. Match 4

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12times

Every number was expected about that many times after 164 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 (17, 30, 42) with the draw of 25 August 2016 — its closest relative in 164 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 October 2016): 17 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 67th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 7 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 5.3 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 3216≈ 207 by chance$20.00
  • Match 22,627≈ 2.6k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈32k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,627 winners, 0% more than the 2.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$250,000
    Match 46$1,000
    Match 3216$20.00
    Match 22,627$5.00