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Treasure Hunt · draw

Thursday, 17 March 2022

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 21
  5. 26

Jackpot$31,000

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

Rules5/30 · since Apr 2010draw 3,988 of 5,671 under them

← 2022-03-16All recent draws2022-03-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 9 16 21 2629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 March 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

63oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 83% of every possible ticket.

  • sum45th
  • odd67th
  • low33th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 665 of each

3668times
9646times
16662times
21669times
26

Prize breakdown · 2022-03-17

  • Lines in play≈ 83kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$63.1Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.58

Where the money went

  • Match 549%$31K
  • Match 318%$11.1K
  • Match 221%$13.4K
  • 1 other tier12%$7.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.58 by chance$31,000

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674times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,987 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 5 numbers (3, 9, 16, 26) with the draw of 12 July 2018 — its closest relative in 3,987 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 March 2022): 26 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

75

The numbers add up to 75 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 477≈ 73 by chance$100
  • Match 31,845≈ 1.7k by chance$6.00
  • Match 213,356≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈83k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,845 winners, 6% more than the 1.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$31,000
    Match 477$100
    Match 31,845$6.00
    Match 213,356$1.00
    Totals15,279—