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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 March 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 11
  3. 14
  4. 15
  5. 24
  6. 35
  7. 22

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 878 of 1,359 under them

← 2022-03-12All recent draws2022-03-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 11 14 15 24 35 + 2229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2022 — 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 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 132 of each

4124times
11128times
14125times
15149times
24

Prize breakdown · 2022-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 9.9Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.9Mto 332k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.6

Where the money went

  • Match 634%NZ$1M
  • Match 421%NZ$624.1K
  • Match 3 + Bonus21%NZ$621.6K
  • 3 other tiers24%NZ$695.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.6 by chance

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134times
35143times

Every number was expected about that many times after 877 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 4 of 6 numbers (4, 15, 24, 35) with the draw of 11 October 2017 — its closest relative in 877 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 March 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 7 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 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus18≈ 15 by chanceNZ$17,421
  • Match 5504≈ 511 by chanceNZ$617
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,363≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$52.00
  • Match 420,133≈ 20k by chanceNZ$31.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus28,254≈ 27k by chanceNZ$22.00
  • Match 3281,865≈ 282k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈9.9M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,363 winners, 7% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus18NZ$17,421
    Match 5504NZ$617
    Match 4 + Bonus1,363NZ$52.00
    Match 420,133NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Bonus28,254NZ$22.00
    Match 3281,865NZ$0.00
    Totals332,139—