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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 33
  6. 42

Jackpot$6,536,452

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

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 668 of 2,107 under them

← 2016-08-27All recent draws2016-09-03 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 8 23 26 33 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 60% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread99th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 95 of each

194times
887times
2395times
2688times
33

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 420kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$74.9Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$8.6K
  • Match 443%$32K
  • Match 346%$34.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$6,536,452
  2. Match 5

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110times
4287times

Every number was expected about that many times after 667 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 (1, 8, 33, 42) with the draw of 27 February 2013 — its closest relative in 667 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2016): 1 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 5 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 17 by chance
$778
  • Match 4761≈ 757 by chance$42.00
  • Match 311,445≈ 11k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈420k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 761 winners, 0% more than the 757 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,536,452
    Match 511$778
    Match 4761$42.00
    Match 311,445$3.00