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Lotto · draw

Monday, 24 April 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 21
  3. 30
  4. 38
  5. 46
  6. 51

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 363 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-04-22All recent draws2017-04-27 →

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 feed16 21 30 38 46 5129 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 362 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 April 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread33th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

1658times
2138times
3048times
3839times
46

Prize breakdown · 2017-04-24

  • Lines in play≈ 357kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$114.9Kto 50k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$15.3K
  • Match 322%$24.9K
  • Match 237%$43K
  • 6 other tiers28%$31.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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44times
5151times

Every number was expected about that many times after 362 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 (16, 21, 38, 46) with the draw of 10 October 2016 — its closest relative in 362 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 April 2017): 16 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

202

The numbers add up to 202 — the 89th 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

38 had not appeared for 13 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,750,000
  • Match 53≈ 4.8 by chance$3,658
  • Match 4237≈ 273 by chance$64.50
  • Match 34,974≈ 5.3k by chance$5.00
  • Match 242,973≈ 43k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,613
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot16$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot194$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot761$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot954$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈357k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,974 winners, 7% fewer than the 5.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 53$3,658
    Match 4 + Extra Shot1$1,613
    Match 4237$64.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot16$125
    Match 34,974$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot194$25.00
    Match 242,973$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot761$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot954$5.00
    Totals0—