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Oz Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

ResultOz Lotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 17
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 34
  6. 37
  7. 45
  8. 35
  9. 41
  10. 47

JackpotA$15,000,000

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

Rules7/47 + 3/47 · since May 2022draw 53 of 232 under them

← 2023-05-09All recent draws2023-05-23 →

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 feed5 17 21 22 34 37 45 + 35 41 4729 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum65th
  • odd86th
  • low62th
  • widest gap37th
  • neighbours57th
  • spread69th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

513times
174times
2112times
227times
34

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 30Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$42.4Mto 558k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 72 winnerschance said 0.47

Where the money went

  • Match 771%A$30M
  • Match 410%A$4.1M
  • match_3_b15%A$6.5M
  • 4 other tiers4.2%A$1.8M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 72≈ 0.47 by chance

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7times
3711times
456times

Every number was expected about that many times after 52 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 (5, 21, 22, 37) with the draw of 20 September 2022 — its closest relative in 52 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 26% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2023): 21 carried over. Chance says 70% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

181

The numbers add up to 181 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 168. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 64% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 86% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$15,000,000
  • match_6_b6≈ 9.9 by chanceA$77,352
  • Match 6108≈ 122 by chanceA$5,079
  • match_5_b1,057≈ 1.1k by chanceA$399
  • Match 56,938≈ 6.6k by chanceA$49.00
  • Match 4165,577≈ 163k by chanceA$25.00
  • match_3_b384,186≈ 418k by chanceA$17.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈30M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_b — 384,186 winners, 8% fewer than the 418k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    match_3_b384,186A$17.00
    Match 4165,577A$25.00
    Match 56,938A$49.00
    match_5_b1,057A$399
    Match 6108A$5,079
    match_6_b6A$77,352
    Match 72A$15,000,000