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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 16 February 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 26
  3. 39
  4. 40
  5. 48
  6. 49

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 1,273 of 1,616 under them

← 2023-02-13All recent draws2023-02-18 →

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 feed9 26 39 40 48 4929 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 1,272 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 February 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 61% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread55th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 147 of each

9130times
26152times
39153times
40149times
48

Prize breakdown · 2023-02-16

  • Lines in play≈ 339kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$175.9Kto 49k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.7%$15.4K
  • Match 314%$24.9K
  • Match 246%$81.4K
  • 6 other tiers31%$54.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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135times
49162times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,272 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 (9, 26, 39, 48) with the draw of 23 October 2017 — its closest relative in 1,272 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 63% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 February 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

211

The numbers add up to 211 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 39–40, 48–49. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

9 had not appeared for 15 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 69% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$9,800,000
  • Match 53≈ 4.6 by chance$3,869
  • Match 4250≈ 258 by chance$61.50
  • Match 34,985≈ 5.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 240,709≈ 41k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$96,713
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,538
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot52$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot428$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,413$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,638$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈339k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,985 winners, 1% fewer than the 5.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$9,800,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$96,713
    Match 53$3,869
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,538
    Match 4250$61.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot52$125
    Match 34,985$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot428$25.00
    Match 240,709$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,413$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,638$5.00
    Totals49,480—