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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 9 January 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 26
  4. 30
  5. 51
  6. 52

Jackpot$19,750,000

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 161 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-01-07All recent draws2016-01-11 →

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 feed7 16 26 30 51 5229 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 160 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 9 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 57% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

723times
1628times
2617times
3026times
51

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-09

  • Lines in play≈ 916kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$279.5Kto 128k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$34.5K
  • Match 325%$69.3K
  • Match 239%$110.1K
  • 6 other tiers23%$65.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

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23times
5219times

Every number was expected about that many times after 160 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 (7, 16, 51, 52) with the draw of 17 August 2015 — its closest relative in 160 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 12% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 January 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 51–52. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 13 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 48% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$19,750,000
  • Match 517≈ 12 by chance$1,459
  • Match 4670≈ 698 by chance$51.50
  • Match 313,860≈ 14k by chance$5.00
  • Match 2110,118≈ 110k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,288
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot59$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot404$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,334$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,474$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈916k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 670 winners, 4% fewer than the 698 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$19,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 517$1,459
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,288
    Match 4670$51.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot59$125
    Match 313,860$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot404$25.00
    Match 2110,118$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,334$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,474$5.00
    Totals0—