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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 23
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 32
  6. 57
  7. 38

Jackpot$10,100,000

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010draw 613 of 1,672 under them

← 2016-08-27All recent draws2016-09-03 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed17 23 24 28 32 57 + 3829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 82% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd48th
  • low77th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread35th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 62 of each

1778times
2365times
2462times
2863times
32

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.1Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$15K
  • Match 436%$16.6K
  • Match 332%$14.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$10,100,000

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48times
5752times

Every number was expected about that many times after 612 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 (17, 24, 28) with the draw of 29 January 2014 — its closest relative in 612 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2016): 17 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 50th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

24 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 73% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 5 + Bonus0≈ 0.19 by chance$61,173
  • Match 510≈ 9.9 by chance$1,499
  • Match 4592≈ 653 by chance$28.00
  • Match 314,550≈ 15k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 592 winners, 9% fewer than the 653 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$10,100,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$61,173
    Match 510$1,499
    Match 4592$28.00
    Match 314,550$1.00
    Totals15,152—