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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 6 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 11
  4. 23
  5. 26
  6. 34
  7. 32

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 371 of 1,356 under them

← 2017-05-03All recent draws2017-05-10 →

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 feed4 5 11 23 26 34 + 3229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 6 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

86oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 86 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 99% of every possible ticket.

  • sum23th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap48th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 56 of each

448times
546times
1155times
2352times
26

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-06

  • Lines in play≈ 8.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.7Mto 291k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • Match 638%NZ$1.0M
  • Match 420%NZ$536.0K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$526.6K
  • 3 other tiers23%NZ$603.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.3 by chance

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61times
3448times

Every number was expected about that many times after 370 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 6 numbers (11, 26, 34) with the draw of 19 April 2017 — its closest relative in 370 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (3 May 2017): 11 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 22th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

5 had not appeared for 15 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$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus18≈ 14 by chanceNZ$15,123
  • Match 5410≈ 451 by chanceNZ$659
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,042≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 417,866≈ 18k by chanceNZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus22,897≈ 24k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3248,584≈ 249k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,042 winners, 8% fewer than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus18NZ$15,123
    Match 5410NZ$659
    Match 4 + Bonus1,042NZ$59.00
    Match 417,866NZ$30.00
    Match 3 + Bonus22,897NZ$23.00
    Match 3248,584NZ$0.00
    Totals0—