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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 24 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 22
  3. 33
  4. 39
  5. 42
  6. 52

Jackpot$5,750,000

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 311 of 1,616 under them

← 2016-12-22All recent draws2016-12-26 →

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 feed18 22 33 39 42 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 310 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 24 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread29th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 36 of each

1841times
2234times
3340times
3937times
42

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-24

  • Lines in play≈ 554kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$172.7Kto 77k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$22.6K
  • Match 324%$40.6K
  • Match 239%$66.6K
  • 6 other tiers25%$43K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

33times
5234times

Every number was expected about that many times after 310 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 (18, 22, 39, 52) with the draw of 11 April 2015 — its closest relative in 310 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 21% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 December 2016): 33 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

206

The numbers add up to 206 — the 91th 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

22 had not appeared for 26 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 74% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$5,750,000
  • Match 56≈ 7.5 by chance$2,691
  • Match 4370≈ 423 by chance$61.00
  • Match 38,120≈ 8.3k by chance$5.00
  • Match 266,618≈ 67k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,525
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot38$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot242$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot886$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,125$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈554k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,120 winners, 2% fewer than the 8.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 56$2,691
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,525
    Match 4370$61.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot38$125
    Match 38,120$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot242$25.00
    Match 266,618$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot886$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,125$5.00
    Totals0—