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Lotto · draw

Monday, 2 May 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 26
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,100,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 992 of 2,631 under them

← 2016-04-30All recent draws2016-05-04 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 9 16 20 26 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

4129times
9124times
16109times
20124times
26

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 401kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.6Kto 7.5k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$8K
  • Match 428%$11.4K
  • Match 352%$21.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,100,000
  2. Match 5

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139times
42118times

Every number was expected about that many times after 991 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 (4, 16, 26, 42) with the draw of 2 September 2015 — its closest relative in 991 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 62% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (30 April 2016): 20 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

117

The numbers add up to 117 — the 16th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 27 draws. A number waits about 8 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 28% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 7.4 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4379≈ 388 by chance$30.00
  • Match 37,077≈ 7.1k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈401k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,077 winners, 0% more than the 7.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,100,000
    Match 58$1,000
    Match 4379$30.00
    Match 37,077$3.00
    Totals7,464—