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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 October 2016

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 9
  3. 29
  4. 40
  5. 55
  6. 57
  7. 8

Jackpot$13,400,000

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 624 of 1,672 under them

← 2016-10-05All recent draws2016-10-12 →

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 feed2 9 29 40 55 57 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 October 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum62th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap62th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 63 of each

264times
970times
2947times
4052times
55

Prize breakdown · 2016-10-08

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$348.4Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 93lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus85%$296.7K
  • Match 54.9%$17.2K
  • Match 45.4%$19K
  • 1 other tier4.5%$15.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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84times
5755times

Every number was expected about that many times after 623 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 (2, 9, 55, 57) with the draw of 19 October 2013 — its closest relative in 623 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 October 2016): 29, 55 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

192

The numbers add up to 192 — the 61th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

2 had not appeared for 23 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 →
$13,400,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 0.20 by chance$296,735
  • Match 512≈ 11 by chance$1,434
  • Match 4702≈ 697 by chance$27.00
  • Match 315,527≈ 16k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 15,527 winners, 2% fewer than the 16k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$13,400,000
    Match 5 + Bonus1$296,735
    Match 512$1,434
    Match 4702$27.00
    Match 315,527$1.00
    Totals16,242—