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Lotto Strike · draw

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

ResultLotto Strike

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 20

JackpotA$375,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/45 · since Oct 2019draw 89 of 1,224 under them

← 2020-05-18All recent draws2020-05-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 16 17 2029 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

26oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 26 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum8th
  • odd17th
  • low97th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours87th
  • spread11th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

45times
1611times
1712times
207times

Every number was expected about that many times after 88 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.

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-20

  • Paid outA$29.1Kto 6.2k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$375K

Where the money went

  • 214%A$4.2K
  • 365%A$18.9K
  • 421%A$6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 10A$375,000
  2. 23

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (4, 17, 20) with the draw of 29 April 2020 — its closest relative in 88 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 9.3% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2020): 16, 20 carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

57

The numbers add up to 57 — the 8th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 92. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 25% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 11 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 2.0× 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 →
A$1,404
  • 3202A$93.80
  • 45,976A$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$375,000
    23A$1,404
    3202A$93.80
    45,976A$1.00