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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 12 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. 33
  5. 38
  6. 40
  7. 27

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 477 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-05-09All recent draws2018-05-16 →

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 10 12 33 38 40 + 2729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread87th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 71 of each

464times
1067times
1271times
3371times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 12Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$3.2Mto 385k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 3.0

Where the money went

  • Match 631%NZ$1M
  • Match 422%NZ$726.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus22%NZ$698.9K
  • 3 other tiers25%NZ$808K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 3.0 by chance

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62times
4073times

Every number was expected about that many times after 476 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (10, 33, 40) with the draw of 6 January 2018 — its closest relative in 476 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2018): 40 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

137

The numbers add up to 137 — the 69th 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

12 had not appeared for 13 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 21% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus21≈ 18 by chanceNZ$17,353
  • Match 5580≈ 594 by chanceNZ$623
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,469≈ 1.5k by chanceNZ$56.00
  • Match 423,430≈ 24k by chanceNZ$31.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus31,767≈ 32k by chanceNZ$22.00
  • Match 3327,374≈ 327k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈12M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 — 580 winners, 2% fewer than the 594 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 + Bonus21NZ$17,353
    Match 5580NZ$623
    Match 4 + Bonus1,469NZ$56.00
    Match 423,430NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Bonus31,767NZ$22.00
    Match 3327,374NZ$0.00
    Totals0—