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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 10 December 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 48
  6. 49

Jackpot$1,600,000

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 1,087 of 2,631 under them

← 2016-12-07All recent draws2016-12-12 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed5 20 23 26 48 4929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 10 December 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum73th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

5118times
20139times
23128times
26153times
48

Prize breakdown · 2016-12-10

  • Lines in play≈ 453kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.7Mto 8.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 697%$1.6M
  • Match 51.0%$16K
  • Match 31.5%$24K
  • 1 other tier0.8%$12.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.03 by chance

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133times
49129times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,086 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 (5, 20, 23, 49) with the draw of 8 March 2010 — its closest relative in 1,086 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 December 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

171

The numbers add up to 171 — the 73th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 48–49. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

48 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 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 43% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,600,000
  • Match 516≈ 8.4 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4416≈ 439 by chance$30.00
  • Match 38,002≈ 8.0k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈453k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,002 winners, 0% more than the 8.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$1,600,000
    Match 516$1,000
    Match 4416$30.00
    Match 38,002$3.00
    Totals8,435—