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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 5 December 2015

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 16
  4. 40
  5. 45
  6. 47
  7. 25

Jackpot$16,000,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 146 of 1,616 under them

← 2015-12-03All recent draws2015-12-07 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 6 16 40 45 47 + 2529 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 145 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 5 December 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

70oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 70 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum48th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap90th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 17 of each

313times
622times
1624times
4019times
4523times
4712times

Every number was expected about that many times after 145 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 (6, 40, 45, 47) with the draw of 19 February 2015 — its closest relative in 145 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 11% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 December 2015): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 47th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 31 draws. A number waits about 9 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 57% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2015-12-05

  • Lines in play≈ 585kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$174.6Kto 81k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$22.8K
  • Match 324%$41.4K
  • Match 240%$70.3K
  • 5 other tiers23%$40K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$16,000,000
  2. Match 57≈ 7.9 by chance$2,326
  3. Match 4430≈ 446 by chance$53.00
  4. Match 38,286≈ 8.7k by chance$5.00
  5. Match 270,306≈ 70k by chance$1.00
  6. Match 3 plus Extra Shot23$125
  7. Match 2 plus Extra Shot258$25.00
  8. Match 1 plus Extra Shot931$10.00
  9. Match 0 plus Extra Shot1,025$5.00
  10. Match 5 plus Extra Shot0no winners
  11. Match 4 plus Extra Shot0no winners
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈585k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,286 winners, 5% fewer than the 8.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$16,000,000
Match 5 plus Extra Shot0$0.00
Match 57$2,326
Match 4 plus Extra Shot0$0.00
Match 4430$53.00
Match 3 plus Extra Shot23$125
Match 38,286$5.00
Match 2 plus Extra Shot258$25.00
Match 270,306$1.00
Match 1 plus Extra Shot931$10.00
Match 0 plus Extra Shot1,025$5.00