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Oz Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

ResultOz Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. 29
  6. 40
  7. 41
  8. 4
  9. 39

JackpotA$7,500,000

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

Rules7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022draw 489 of 697 under them

← 2018-05-08All recent draws2018-05-22 →

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 feed3 6 12 13 29 40 41 + 4 3929 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Oz Lotto was a 7/45 + 2/45 · Jan 2009 – May 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 488 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd62th
  • low62th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours87th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 76 of each

379times
677times
1271times
1365times
2983times
4078times
4180times

Every number was expected about that many times after 488 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 7 numbers (3, 6, 40, 41) with the draw of 27 June 2017 — its closest relative in 488 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 May 2018): 29, 41 carried over. Chance says 72% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 161. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13, 40–41. 66% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 6 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 76% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-15

  • Lines in play≈ 17Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$22Mto 297k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 56lines took a prize
  • Match 72 winnerschance said 0.37

Where the money went

  • Match 768%A$15M
  • Match 413%A$2.8M
  • match_3_b14%A$3.1M
  • 4 other tiers4.7%A$1M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 72≈ 0.37 by chanceA$7,500,000
  2. match_6_b3≈ 5.2 by chanceA$64,518
  3. Match 679≈ 93 by chanceA$5,044
  4. match_5_b539≈ 566 by chanceA$380
  5. Match 54,779≈ 4.9k by chanceA$50.00
  6. Match 4106,805≈ 109k by chanceA$26.00
  7. match_3_b184,585≈ 193k by chanceA$17.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈17M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_5_b — 539 winners, 5% fewer than the 566 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
match_3_b184,585A$17.00
Match 4106,805A$26.00
Match 54,779A$50.00
match_5_b539A$380
Match 679A$5,044
match_6_b3A$64,518
Match 72A$7,500,000