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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 19
  5. 24
  6. 36
  7. 18

JackpotNZ$999,999

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 370 of 1,356 under them

← 2017-04-29All recent draws2017-05-06 →

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 11 16 19 24 36 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread28th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 55 of each

1048times
1154times
1648times
1969times
24

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 5.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.0Mto 178k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • Match 650%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 416%NZ$322.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus16%NZ$323.0K
  • 3 other tiers18%NZ$365.8K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 1.4 by chance

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58times
3661times

Every number was expected about that many times after 369 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 4 of 6 numbers (11, 19, 24, 36) with the draw of 30 December 2015 — its closest relative in 369 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 April 2017): 19, 36 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 39th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 7 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus7≈ 8.3 by chanceNZ$23,540
  • Match 5258≈ 275 by chanceNZ$633
  • Match 4 + Bonus674≈ 686 by chanceNZ$56.00
  • Match 410,744≈ 11k by chanceNZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus14,683≈ 15k by chanceNZ$22.00
  • Match 3151,312≈ 151k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈5.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 10,744 winners, 2% fewer than the 11k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 63NZ$333,333
    Match 5 + Bonus7NZ$23,540
    Match 5258NZ$633
    Match 4 + Bonus674NZ$56.00
    Match 410,744NZ$30.00
    Match 3 + Bonus14,683NZ$22.00
    Match 3151,312NZ$0.00
    Totals0—