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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 18 February 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 31
  5. 34
  6. 46

Jackpot$24,000,000

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 178 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-02-15All recent draws2016-02-20 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed7 16 17 31 34 4629 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 177 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 18 February 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

85oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 85 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 100% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 20 of each

724times
1631times
1719times
3117times
34

Prize breakdown · 2016-02-18

  • Lines in play≈ 847kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$260.7Kto 119k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$32.2K
  • Match 324%$62.4K
  • Match 239%$101.8K
  • 5 other tiers25%$64.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

18times
4628times

Every number was expected about that many times after 177 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 (7, 16, 17) with the draw of 28 December 2015 — its closest relative in 177 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 February 2016): 17 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 34 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 50% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$24,000,000
  • Match 57≈ 11 by chance$3,283
  • Match 4631≈ 646 by chance$51.00
  • Match 312,470≈ 13k by chance$5.00
  • Match 2101,813≈ 102k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot63$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot419$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,499$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,606$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈847k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 631 winners, 2% fewer than the 646 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$24,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 57$3,283
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4631$51.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot63$125
    Match 312,470$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot419$25.00
    Match 2101,813$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,499$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,606$5.00
    Totals0—