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Lotto · draw

Monday, 18 July 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. 19
  5. 45
  6. 52

Jackpot$15,000,000

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 243 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-07-16All recent draws2016-07-21 →

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 7 17 19 45 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 242 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 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 27% of every possible ticket.

  • sum36th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread84th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

635times
729times
1729times
1932times
45

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-18

  • Lines in play≈ 594kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$182.6Kto 83k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$20.8K
  • Match 325%$45.1K
  • Match 239%$71.4K
  • 6 other tiers25%$45.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

37times
5228times

Every number was expected about that many times after 242 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 (17, 19, 45) with the draw of 26 October 2015 — its closest relative in 242 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 July 2016): 6 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 35th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

7 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 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 47% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$15,000,000
  • Match 55≈ 8.0 by chance$2,985
  • Match 4483≈ 453 by chance$43.00
  • Match 39,015≈ 8.9k by chance$5.00
  • Match 271,366≈ 71k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,075
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot38$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot359$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,032$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,067$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈594k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,015 winners, 2% more than the 8.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$15,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 55$2,985
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,075
    Match 4483$43.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot38$125
    Match 39,015$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot359$25.00
    Match 271,366$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,032$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,067$5.00
    Totals0—