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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 2 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 34
  5. 44
  6. 50

Jackpot$19,000,000

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 158 of 1,616 under them

← 2015-12-31All recent draws2016-01-04 →

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 feed14 16 22 34 44 5029 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 157 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd1th
  • low50th
  • widest gap21th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

1419times
1627times
2221times
3416times
44

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-02

  • Lines in play≈ 649kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$201.7Kto 91k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$25.9K
  • Match 323%$47.4K
  • Match 239%$78K
  • 6 other tiers25%$50.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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12times
5023times

Every number was expected about that many times after 157 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 3 of 6 numbers (16, 22, 44) with the draw of 19 September 2015 — its closest relative in 157 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (31 December 2015): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 72th 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

14 had not appeared for 20 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$19,000,000
  • Match 512≈ 8.8 by chance$1,553
  • Match 4503≈ 495 by chance$51.50
  • Match 39,475≈ 9.7k by chance$5.00
  • Match 277,981≈ 78k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,288
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot34$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot316$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,058$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,295$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈649k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,475 winners, 2% fewer than the 9.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$19,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 512$1,553
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,288
    Match 4503$51.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot34$125
    Match 39,475$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot316$25.00
    Match 277,981$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,058$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,295$5.00
    Totals0—