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The Pick · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2024

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 14
  3. 18
  4. 22
  5. 23
  6. 42

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

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 1,586 of 1,962 under them

← 2024-05-15All recent draws2024-05-20 →

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 feed11 14 18 22 23 4229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum43th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread39th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 216 of each

11207times
14241times
18242times
22212times
23

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 230kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.3Kto 5.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 530%$14.0K
  • Match 434%$15.9K
  • Match 336%$16.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,300,000
  2. Match 5

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228times
42201times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,585 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 (18, 22, 23, 42) with the draw of 24 August 2022 — its closest relative in 1,585 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2024): 42 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 7 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7≈ 7.4 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4317≈ 343 by chance$50.00
  • Match 35,489≈ 5.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈230k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,489 winners, 0% more than the 5.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,300,000
    Match 57$2,000
    Match 4317$50.00
    Match 35,489$3.00
    Totals5,813—