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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 5 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 20
  5. 34
  6. 40
  7. 19

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 475 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-05-02All recent draws2018-05-09 →

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 feed6 11 16 20 34 40 + 1929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap66th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread75th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

661times
1172times
1669times
2066times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-05

  • Lines in play≈ 8.8Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.8Mto 294k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.3

Where the money went

  • Match 636%NZ$1M
  • Match 420%NZ$562.2K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$559.9K
  • 3 other tiers23%NZ$632.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.3 by chance

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65times
4071times

Every number was expected about that many times after 474 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 (6, 11, 16, 34) with the draw of 31 December 2016 — its closest relative in 474 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 10 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 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 16% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus6≈ 14 by chanceNZ$47,506
  • Match 5417≈ 454 by chanceNZ$678
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,095≈ 1.1k by chanceNZ$59.00
  • Match 418,134≈ 18k by chanceNZ$31.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus24,343≈ 24k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3249,935≈ 250k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.8M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,095 winners, 3% 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 + Bonus6NZ$47,506
    Match 5417NZ$678
    Match 4 + Bonus1,095NZ$59.00
    Match 418,134NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Bonus24,343NZ$23.00
    Match 3249,935NZ$0.00
    Totals0—