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Lotto Strike · draw

Friday, 16 May 2025

ResultLotto Strike

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 21
  4. 23

JackpotA$260,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/45 · since Oct 2019draw 921 of 1,223 under them

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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 feed1 8 21 2329 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2025 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum6th
  • odd81th
  • low97th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours38th
  • spread27th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 82 of each

189times
880times
2167times
2384times

Every number was expected about that many times after 920 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 · 2025-05-16

  • Paid outA$27.2Kto 6.0k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$260K

Where the money went

  • 214%A$3.9K
  • 365%A$17.6K
  • 421%A$5.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 10A$260,000
  2. 26

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 4 numbers (8, 23) with the draw of 28 February 2025 — its closest relative in 920 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2025): nothing carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

53

The numbers add up to 53 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 92. No two numbers side by side. 25% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 20 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 2.4× 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$651
  • 3238A$73.85
  • 45,766A$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$260,000
    26A$651
    3238A$73.85
    45,766A$1.00