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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 July 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 17
  6. 45

Jackpot$7,250,000

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 1,181 of 1,616 under them

← 2022-07-14All recent draws2022-07-18 →

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 feed1 5 14 16 17 4529 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 1,180 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 16 July 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd79th
  • low95th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 136 of each

1128times
5127times
14117times
16175times
17

Prize breakdown · 2022-07-16

  • Lines in play≈ 343kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$168.1Kto 49k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.0%$13.4K
  • Match 316%$26.1K
  • Match 249%$82.4K
  • 6 other tiers28%$46.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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139times
45137times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,180 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 (1, 14, 16) with the draw of 7 July 2022 — its closest relative in 1,180 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 July 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

45 had not appeared for 9 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 40% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,250,000
  • Match 54≈ 4.6 by chance$2,551
  • Match 4285≈ 261 by chance$47.00
  • Match 35,219≈ 5.1k by chance$5.00
  • Match 241,183≈ 41k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$63,763
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,175
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot349$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,108$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,206$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈343k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,219 winners, 2% more than the 5.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,250,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$63,763
    Match 54$2,551
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,175
    Match 4285$47.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot44$125
    Match 35,219$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot349$25.00
    Match 241,183$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,108$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,206$5.00
    Totals49,402—