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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 May 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 17
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 34
  6. 35
  7. 3

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 789 of 1,359 under them

← 2021-05-05All recent draws2021-05-12 →

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 17 26 29 34 35 + 329 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 118 of each

6114times
17129times
26122times
29124times
34

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-08

  • Lines in play≈ 11Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$3.3Mto 372k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 2.9

Where the money went

  • Match 631%NZ$1M
  • Match 422%NZ$731.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus22%NZ$709.9K
  • 3 other tiers25%NZ$827.4K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 2.9 by chance

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107times
35128times

Every number was expected about that many times after 788 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, 17, 26, 34) with the draw of 19 September 2020 — its closest relative in 788 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 83% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2021): 26 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 34–35. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 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 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus22≈ 17 by chanceNZ$16,948
  • Match 5483≈ 575 by chanceNZ$766
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,409≈ 1.4k by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 422,853≈ 23k by chanceNZ$32.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus30,867≈ 31k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3316,795≈ 317k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈11M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 — 483 winners, 16% fewer than the 575 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 63NZ$333,333
    Match 5 + Bonus22NZ$16,948
    Match 5483NZ$766
    Match 4 + Bonus1,409NZ$60.00
    Match 422,853NZ$32.00
    Match 3 + Bonus30,867NZ$23.00
    Match 3316,795NZ$0.00
    Totals372,432—