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Saturday Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 September 2016

ResultSaturday Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 18
  6. 27
  7. 4
  8. 39

JackpotA$4,174,620

The crowdHeld 30% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2009draw 403 of 930 under them

← 2016-09-10All recent draws2016-09-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 8 9 12 18 27 + 4 3929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

37oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 37 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 17% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd48th
  • low94th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread11th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 54 of each

343times
846times
947times
1259times
18

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-17

  • Lines in play≈ 74Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$14.9Mto 522k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 142lines took a prize
  • 18 winnerschance said 9.1

Where the money went

  • 128%A$4.2M
  • 521%A$3.1M
  • 627%A$4M
  • 3 other tiers24%A$3.6M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 18≈ 9.1 by chance

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56times
2761times

Every number was expected about that many times after 402 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (9, 18, 27) with the draw of 10 September 2016 — its closest relative in 402 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 September 2016): 9, 18, 27 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

77

The numbers add up to 77 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 9 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 3.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$521,828
  • 32,378≈ 2.1k by chanceA$514
  • 491,015≈ 101k by chanceA$20.30
  • 2117A$4,840
  • 5174,810A$17.75
  • 6254,075A$15.70
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈74M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: 3 — 2,378 winners, 12% more than the 2.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    18A$521,828
    2117A$4,840
    32,378A$514
    491,015A$20.30
    5174,810A$17.75
    6254,075A$15.70