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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 25 February 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 31
  6. 35

Jackpot$3,000,000

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 338 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-02-23All recent draws2017-02-27 →

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 8 16 18 31 3529 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 337 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 25 February 2017 — 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.

  • sum10th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 39 of each

644times
836times
1654times
1844times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-02-25

  • Lines in play≈ 519kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$158.6Kto 73k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$18.6K
  • Match 325%$39.1K
  • Match 239%$62.4K
  • 5 other tiers24%$38.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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35times
3539times

Every number was expected about that many times after 337 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 (6, 8, 16, 31) with the draw of 16 May 2015 — its closest relative in 337 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 23% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 February 2017): 6 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 10th 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

16 had not appeared for 17 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,000,000
  • Match 57≈ 7.0 by chance$1,906
  • Match 4409≈ 396 by chance$45.50
  • Match 37,811≈ 7.7k by chance$5.00
  • Match 262,410≈ 62k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot33$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot267$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot937$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot999$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈519k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,811 winners, 1% more than the 7.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 57$1,906
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4409$45.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot33$125
    Match 37,811$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot267$25.00
    Match 262,410$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot937$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot999$5.00
    Totals0—