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The Pick · draw

Saturday, 16 May 2026

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 15
  4. 16
  5. 19
  6. 20

Jackpot$2,600,000

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 1,898 of 1,962 under them

← 2026-05-13All recent draws2026-05-18 →

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 feed3 6 15 16 19 206 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum3th
  • odd50th
  • low99th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 259 of each

3242times
6254times
15286times
16262times
19

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 300kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$69.7Kto 7.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 537%$26.0K
  • Match 432%$22.2K
  • Match 331%$21.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$2,500,000
  2. Match 5

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257times
20223times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,897 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 (15, 16, 19, 20) with the draw of 3 March 2021 — its closest relative in 1,897 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2026): 16, 19 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

79

The numbers add up to 79 — the 3th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16, 19–20. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 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 2.7× 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 →
13≈ 9.7 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4444≈ 448 by chance$50.00
  • Match 37,170≈ 7.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈300k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,170 winners, 0% more than the 7.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,500,000
    Match 513$2,000
    Match 4444$50.00
    Match 37,170$3.00
    Totals7,627—