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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 17 March 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 11
  3. 35
  4. 37
  5. 39
  6. 44

Jackpot$27,000,000

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 190 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-03-14All recent draws2016-03-19 →

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 feed6 11 35 37 39 4429 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 189 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 17 March 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 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap90th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread46th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

630times
1125times
3521times
3721times
39

Prize breakdown · 2016-03-17

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27.3Mto 158k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$27M
  • Match 30.3%$83.3K
  • Match 20.5%$136.6K
  • 7 other tiers0.4%$122.2K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.06 by chance

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25times
4415times

Every number was expected about that many times after 189 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 (6, 11, 39) with the draw of 23 January 2016 — its closest relative in 189 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 March 2016): 6, 44 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

172

The numbers add up to 172 — the 64th 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

35 had not appeared for 21 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 70% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$27,000,000
  • Match 518≈ 15 by chance$1,742
  • Match 4799≈ 866 by chance$54.50
  • Match 316,655≈ 17k by chance$5.00
  • Match 2136,566≈ 137k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,363
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot45$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot459$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,583$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,786$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 799 winners, 8% fewer than the 866 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$27,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 518$1,742
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,363
    Match 4799$54.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot45$125
    Match 316,655$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot459$25.00
    Match 2136,566$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,583$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,786$5.00
    Totals0—