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Lotto · draw · plus 1

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

plus 1Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 13
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 44
  7. 4

JackpotZAR 650,000

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

Rules6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017draw 645 of 1,577 under them

← 2016-03-12All recent draws2016-03-19 →

Also drawn that day

  • main
    1. 15
    2. 30
    3. 32
    4. 37
    5. 46
    6. 47
    7. 40

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 feed3 9 13 24 31 44 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/49 + 1/49 · Jan 2010 – Aug 2017 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 644 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2016 — 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 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd77th
  • low77th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread72th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 79 of each

385times
980times
1380times
2482times
3178times
4497times

Every number was expected about that many times after 644 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 6 numbers (3, 13, 24, 44) with the draw of 15 August 2012 — its closest relative in 644 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 47% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 March 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

124

The numbers add up to 124 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 8 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 35% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 3.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outZAR 2.6Mto 67k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • 60 winnerschance said 0.25

Where the money went

  • 5 + Bonus16%ZAR 416.9K
  • 416%ZAR 415.9K
  • 323%ZAR 583.3K
  • 3 other tiers45%ZAR 1.1M
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 60≈ 0.25 by chanceZAR 650,000
  2. 5 + Bonus2≈ 1.5 by chanceZAR 208,461
  3. 568≈ 64 by chanceZAR 5,675
  4. 4 + Bonus146≈ 160 by chanceZAR 2,325
  5. 43,466≈ 3.3k by chanceZAR 120
  6. 3 + Bonus4,489≈ 4.4k by chanceZAR 92.00
  7. 358,332≈ 58k by chanceZAR 10.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈3.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 4 — 3,466 winners, 6% more than the 3.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
60ZAR 650,000
5 + Bonus2ZAR 208,461
568ZAR 5,675
4 + Bonus146ZAR 2,325
43,466ZAR 120
3 + Bonus4,489ZAR 92.00
358,332ZAR 10.00