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Weekday Windfall · draw

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

ResultWeekday Windfall

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 25
  5. 32
  6. 41
  7. 17
  8. 21

JackpotA$1,000,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/45 + 2/45 · since Jan 2010draw 874 of 1,863 under them

← 2018-05-14All recent draws2018-05-21 →

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 feed6 11 16 25 32 41 + 17 2129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap12th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread57th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 116 of each

6106times
11110times
16124times
25113times
32

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-16

  • Paid outA$3.6Mto 100k winning lines
  • 12 winnersA$1.0M

Where the money went

  • 155%A$2.0M
  • 512%A$421.8K
  • 620%A$714.6K
  • 3 other tiers13%A$469.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 12A$1,000,000
  2. 3

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134times
41123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 873 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 4 of 6 numbers (6, 16, 25, 32) with the draw of 31 May 2017 — its closest relative in 873 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 70% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2018): 25 carried over. Chance says 60% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 138. No two numbers side by side. 53% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 21 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 30% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17
A$3,969
  • 2210A$497
  • 410,377A$28.65
  • 527,481A$15.35
  • 661,870A$11.55
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
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    MatchWinnersPrize each
    12A$1,000,000
    2210A$497
    317A$3,969
    410,377A$28.65
    527,481A$15.35
    661,870A$11.55