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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 26
  3. 31
  4. 33
  5. 36
  6. 37

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020draw 699 of 1,077 under them

← 2016-12-17All recent draws2016-12-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 26 31 33 36 3729 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 698 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 21 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum96th
  • odd50th
  • low5th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread56th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

6104times
2694times
31101times
33100times
36

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105times
37108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 698 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 (31, 36, 37) with the draw of 19 November 2016 — its closest relative in 698 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 December 2016): 33, 36 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 96th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 7 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 27% of the jackpot.

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

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