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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 March 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 33
  6. 38
  7. 39

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 1,087 of 1,359 under them

← 2024-03-13All recent draws2024-03-20 →

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 feed5 7 17 20 33 38 + 3929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 March 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread69th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 163 of each

5160times
7156times
17177times
20161times
33

Prize breakdown · 2024-03-16

  • Lines in play≈ 8.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.7Mto 288k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • Match 638%NZ$1M
  • Match 420%NZ$526.8K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$526.5K
  • 3 other tiers23%NZ$599.3K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.3 by chance

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159times
38151times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,086 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 (5, 17, 33, 38) with the draw of 24 May 2023 — its closest relative in 1,086 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 March 2024): 5 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 45th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 had not appeared for 18 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus14≈ 14 by chanceNZ$19,281
  • Match 5400≈ 448 by chanceNZ$669
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,029≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 417,560≈ 18k by chanceNZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus21,939≈ 24k by chanceNZ$24.00
  • Match 3246,859≈ 247k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 + Bonus — 21,939 winners, 8% fewer than the 24k 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 + Bonus14NZ$19,281
    Match 5400NZ$669
    Match 4 + Bonus1,029NZ$60.00
    Match 417,560NZ$30.00
    Match 3 + Bonus21,939NZ$24.00
    Match 3246,859NZ$0.00
    Totals287,803—