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The Pick · draw

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 22
  3. 31
  4. 32
  5. 36
  6. 40

Jackpot$1,200,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 1,058 of 1,962 under them

← 2020-05-16All recent draws2020-05-23 →

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 feed17 22 31 32 36 4029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

35oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum93th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread10th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 144 of each

17158times
22142times
31131times
32151times
36

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153times
40147times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,057 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, 31, 32, 40) with the draw of 21 April 2018 — its closest relative in 1,057 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 80% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

178

The numbers add up to 178 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 31–32. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

32 had not appeared for 26 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

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