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The Pick · draw

Monday, 4 May 2026

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 12
  4. 16
  5. 18
  6. 23

Jackpot$2,000,000

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

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 1,893 of 1,962 under them

← 2026-05-02All recent draws2026-05-06 →

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 feed1 2 12 16 18 236 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

30oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 30 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 8% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd21th
  • low95th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread8th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 258 of each

1266times
2284times
12245times
16260times
18

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-04

  • Lines in play≈ 219kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.3Kto 5.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 515%$6.0K
  • Match 446%$18.6K
  • Match 339%$15.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,900,000
  2. Match 5

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281times
23274times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,892 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 (1, 12, 16, 18) with the draw of 28 October 2024 — its closest relative in 1,892 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 16 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 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 7.1 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4372≈ 327 by chance$50.00
  • Match 35,227≈ 5.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈219k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,227 winners, 0% more than the 5.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,900,000
    Match 53$2,000
    Match 4372$50.00
    Match 35,227$3.00
    Totals5,602—