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Weekday Windfall · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

ResultWeekday Windfall

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 16
  3. 29
  4. 35
  5. 36
  6. 41
  7. 24
  8. 38

JackpotA$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010draw 666 of 1,863 under them

← 2016-05-16All recent draws2016-05-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 16 29 35 36 41 + 24 3829 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread80th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

274times
1694times
2993times
3586times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-18

  • Paid outA$1.4Mto 66k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$1.0M

Where the money went

  • 419%A$252.4K
  • 526%A$358.9K
  • 644%A$606.1K
  • 2 other tiers11%A$145.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 10A$1,000,000
  2. 3

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80times
4193times

Every number was expected about that many times after 665 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (29, 36, 41) with the draw of 1 February 2016 — its closest relative in 665 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

159

The numbers add up to 159 — the 75th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 27 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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 →
14
A$4,092
  • 2119A$745
  • 47,347A$34.35
  • 518,839A$19.05
  • 640,008A$15.15
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$1,000,000
    2119A$745
    314A$4,092
    47,347A$34.35
    518,839A$19.05
    640,008A$15.15