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Set for Life · draw

Monday, 17 May 2021

ResultSet for Life

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 17
  3. 23
  4. 39
  5. 41
  6. 4

Jackpot£3,600,000

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

Rules5/47 + 1/10 · since Mar 2019draw 227 of 792 under them

← 2021-05-13All recent draws2021-05-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed10 17 23 39 41 + 429 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

68oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 68 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum63th
  • odd89th
  • low65th
  • widest gap53th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread42th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each

1023times
1726times
2328times
3929times
41

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 2.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£1.7Mto 198k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 12lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.16

Where the money went

  • Match 521%£360.0K
  • Match 315%£247.2K
  • Match 249%£821.0K
  • 4 other tiers15%£261.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.16 by chance

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22times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 23 of each

414times

Every number was expected about that many times after 226 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 3 of 5 numbers (10, 23, 39) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 December 2019 — its closest relative in 226 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 62th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. No two numbers side by side. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£3,600,000
  • Match 53≈ 1.4 by chance£120,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball40≈ 33 by chance£250
  • Match 4318≈ 300 by chance£50.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,447≈ 1.4k by chance£30.00
  • Match 312,361≈ 12k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,230≈ 18k by chance£10.00
  • Match 2164,194≈ 164k by chance£5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 1,447 winners, 6% more than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2164,194£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball19,230£10.00
    Match 312,361£20.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,447£30.00
    Match 4318£50.00
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball40£250
    Match 53£120,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0£3,600,000