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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 September 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 33
  6. 38

Jackpot$6,100,000

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 1,051 of 2,631 under them

← 2016-09-14All recent draws2016-09-19 →

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 12 16 17 33 3829 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 September 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread37th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 129 of each

4136times
12134times
16113times
17135times
33

Prize breakdown · 2016-09-17

  • Lines in play≈ 856kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$6.2Mto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$6.1M
  • Match 40.4%$25.2K
  • Match 30.7%$45.3K
  • 1 other tier0.3%$20K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.06 by chance

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135times
38113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,050 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 (4, 12, 17) with the draw of 18 May 2016 — its closest relative in 1,050 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 September 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 18th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 10 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,100,000
  • Match 520≈ 16 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4841≈ 829 by chance$30.00
  • Match 315,102≈ 15k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈856k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 841 winners, 1% more than the 829 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$6,100,000
    Match 520$1,000
    Match 4841$30.00
    Match 315,102$3.00
    Totals15,964—