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Cowboy Draw · draw

Monday, 16 March 2020

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 28
  4. 31
  5. 37

Jackpot$695,000

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 520 of 1,206 under them

← 2020-03-12All recent draws2020-03-19 →

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 16 28 31 3729 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

74oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 74 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 98% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap29th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread52th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 58 of each

564times
1665times
2864times
3151times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 33kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$23.0Kto 2.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$5.0K
  • Match 320%$4.6K
  • Match 258%$13.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$695,000
  2. Match 4

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69times

Every number was expected about that many times after 519 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 4 of 5 numbers (5, 16, 28, 37) with the draw of 22 October 2015 — its closest relative in 519 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 8.2% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 March 2020): 5, 37 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 52th 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

31 had not appeared for 13 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 5.4 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 3230≈ 212 by chance$20.00
  • Match 22,687≈ 2.7k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈33k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,687 winners, 0% more than the 2.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$695,000
    Match 45$1,000
    Match 3230$20.00
    Match 22,687$5.00
    Totals2,922—