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Set for Life · draw

Thursday, 18 May 2023

ResultSet for Life

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 32
  3. 36
  4. 39
  5. 43
  6. 2

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 436 of 792 under them

← 2023-05-15All recent draws2023-05-22 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed10 32 36 39 43 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.

  • sum91th
  • odd32th
  • low9th
  • widest gap84th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread51th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 46 of each

1043times
3254times
3644times
3949times
43

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out£4.5Mto 145k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 13lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1 winnerchance said 0.12

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball79%£3.6M
  • Match 33.7%£169.0K
  • Match 213%£612.9K
  • 4 other tiers3.7%£166.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.12 by chance

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45times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 44 of each

241times

Every number was expected about that many times after 435 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, 32, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 16 January 2023 — its closest relative in 435 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2023): 36 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

160

The numbers add up to 160 — the 91th 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

32 had not appeared for 29 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 13% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
£3,600,000
  • Match 50≈ 1.1 by chance£120,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21≈ 25 by chance£250
  • Match 4171≈ 224 by chance£50.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball925≈ 1.0k by chance£30.00
  • Match 38,449≈ 9.2k by chance£20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,536≈ 14k by chance£10.00
  • Match 2122,575≈ 123k by chance£5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 plus Bonus Ball — 925 winners, 9% fewer than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2122,575£5.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball12,536£10.00
    Match 38,449£20.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball925£30.00
    Match 4171£50.00
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball21£250
    Match 50£120,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1£3,600,000