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SuperEnalotto · draw

Saturday, 16 May 1998

ResultSuperEnalotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 19
  3. 25
  4. 68
  5. 71
  6. 85
  7. 46

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

Rules6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009draw 48 of 1,425 under them

← 1998-05-13All recent draws1998-05-20 →

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 feed7 19 25 68 71 85 + 4629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

SuperEnalotto was a 6/90 + 1/90 · Dec 1997 – Jul 2009 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 47 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 1998 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd94th
  • low50th
  • widest gap91th
  • neighbours35th
  • spread81th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

72times
192times
253times
682times
713times
854times

Every number was expected about that many times after 47 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 2 of 6 numbers (25, 85) with the draw of 21 January 1998 — its closest relative in 47 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 1998): nothing carried over. Chance says 35% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

275

The numbers add up to 275 — the 51th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 273. No two numbers side by side. 30% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

68 had not appeared for 22 draws. A number waits about 15 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 97% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 1998-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 42Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out€7.4Bto 128k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 329lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 533%€2.4B
  • Match 435%€2.6B
  • Match 333%€2.4B
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chanceno winners
  2. Match 5 + Jolly0≈ 0.41 by chanceno winners
  3. Match 545≈ 34 by chance€54,126,500
  4. Match 43,640≈ 3.5k by chance€703,900
  5. Match 3124,328≈ 129k by chance€19,500
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈42M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 124,328 winners, 4% fewer than the 129k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60€0.00
Match 5 + Jolly0€0.00
Match 545€54,126,500
Match 43,640€703,900
Match 3124,328€19,500
Totals0—