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Lotto · draw

Monday, 22 August 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 22
  5. 23
  6. 36

Jackpot$3,750,000

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 258 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-08-20All recent draws2016-08-25 →

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 feed10 14 17 22 23 3629 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 257 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 22 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

1025times
1432times
1733times
2226times
23

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 435kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$137.2Kto 61k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$15.6K
  • Match 325%$34K
  • Match 238%$52.3K
  • 6 other tiers26%$35.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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31times
3640times

Every number was expected about that many times after 257 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 (10, 17, 23) with the draw of 28 December 2015 — its closest relative in 257 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 15th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 51 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,750,000
  • Match 53≈ 5.9 by chance$3,726
  • Match 4385≈ 332 by chance$40.50
  • Match 36,800≈ 6.5k by chance$5.00
  • Match 252,319≈ 52k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,013
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot36$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot256$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot790$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot863$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈435k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,800 winners, 5% more than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 53$3,726
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,013
    Match 4385$40.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot36$125
    Match 36,800$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot256$25.00
    Match 252,319$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot790$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot863$5.00
    Totals0—