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Bank a Million · draw

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

ResultBank a Million

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 20
  5. 38
  6. 40

Jackpot$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015draw 37 of 1,164 under them

← 2016-01-02All recent draws2016-01-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 8 11 20 38 4029 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 January 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum49th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap89th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

58times
86times
115times
205times
38

Prize breakdown · 2016-01-06

  • Lines in play≈ 353kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$236.8Kto 20k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 18lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • Match 3 plus Bonus16%$38.1K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus27%$64.2K
  • Match 317%$40.1K
  • 3 other tiers40%$94.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.09 by chance

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8times
406times

Every number was expected about that many times after 36 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 (5, 11, 38) with the draw of 26 December 2015 — its closest relative in 36 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 January 2016): 5 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 48th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 8 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus0≈ 0.55 by chance$20,000
  • Match 519≈ 18 by chance$2,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus68≈ 45 by chance$400
  • Match 4731≈ 728 by chance$40.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus952≈ 971 by chance$40.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus8,020≈ 7.5k by chance$8.00
  • Match 310,030≈ 10k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈353k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus — 8,020 winners, 7% more than the 7.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus0$20,000
    Match 519$2,000
    Match 4 plus Bonus68$400
    Match 4731$40.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus952$40.00
    Match 310,030$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus8,020$8.00
    Totals19,820—