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The Pick · draw

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 17
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 34
  6. 42

Jackpot$4,200,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 844 of 1,962 under them

← 2018-04-28All recent draws2018-05-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:39 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 17 24 27 34 4229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 115 of each

6125times
17121times
24113times
27113times
34

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118times
42106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 843 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 4 of 6 numbers (17, 24, 27, 34) with the draw of 24 August 2013 — its closest relative in 843 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 April 2018): 17 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 7 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 30% of the jackpot.

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

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