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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 38
  6. 39
  7. 7

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 480 of 1,357 under them

← 2018-05-19All recent draws2018-05-26 →

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 feed1 14 21 23 38 39 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum68th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap74th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread96th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 72 of each

180times
1479times
2172times
2372times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 4.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$899.3Kto 145k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 29lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 1.1

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Bonus16%NZ$147.9K
  • Match 432%NZ$289.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus31%NZ$281.6K
  • 2 other tiers20%NZ$180.5K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 1.1 by chance

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63times
3967times

Every number was expected about that many times after 479 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 (1, 14, 38) with the draw of 4 April 2018 — its closest relative in 479 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 68th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$1,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus7≈ 6.7 by chanceNZ$21,129
  • Match 5190≈ 220 by chanceNZ$772
  • Match 4 + Bonus650≈ 550 by chanceNZ$52.00
  • Match 48,508≈ 8.8k by chanceNZ$34.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus14,080≈ 12k by chanceNZ$20.00
  • Match 3121,136≈ 121k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 + Bonus — 14,080 winners, 20% more than the 12k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60NZ$1,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus7NZ$21,129
    Match 5190NZ$772
    Match 4 + Bonus650NZ$52.00
    Match 48,508NZ$34.00
    Match 3 + Bonus14,080NZ$20.00
    Match 3121,136NZ$0.00
    Totals0—