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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 21 July 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 23
  3. 27
  4. 43
  5. 45
  6. 46

Jackpot$15,250,000

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 244 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-07-18All recent draws2016-07-23 →

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 23 27 43 45 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 243 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 21 July 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 63% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd95th
  • low21th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

730times
2328times
2721times
4328times
45

Prize breakdown · 2016-07-21

  • Lines in play≈ 674kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$209Kto 94k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$25.9K
  • Match 324%$49.4K
  • Match 239%$81K
  • 6 other tiers25%$52.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

38times
4632times

Every number was expected about that many times after 243 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 (23, 43, 45, 46) with the draw of 21 February 2015 — its closest relative in 243 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 17% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 July 2016): 7, 45 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

191

The numbers add up to 191 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 45–46. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 had not appeared for 7 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 60% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$15,250,000
  • Match 513≈ 9.1 by chance$1,422
  • Match 4475≈ 514 by chance$54.50
  • Match 39,870≈ 10k by chance$5.00
  • Match 280,999≈ 81k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,363
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot46$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot331$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,144$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,225$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈674k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 475 winners, 8% fewer than the 514 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$15,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 513$1,422
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,363
    Match 4475$54.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot46$125
    Match 39,870$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot331$25.00
    Match 280,999$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,144$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,225$5.00
    Totals0—