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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 17
  4. 24
  5. 35
  6. 18

Jackpot$17,000,000

The crowdHeld 5% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 248 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-05-12All recent draws2012-05-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed9 15 17 24 35 + 1829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd89th
  • low89th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread23th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 26 of each

932times
1539times
1724times
2429times
35

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 3.7Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$658.8Kto 163k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 23lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball17%$111.6K
  • Match 329%$190.8K
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball16%$105.1K
  • 5 other tiers38%$251.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.09 by chance

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26times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

186times

Every number was expected about that many times after 247 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 3 of 5 numbers (9, 15, 35) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 23 February 2011 — its closest relative in 247 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 May 2012): 24, 35 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

100

The numbers add up to 100 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. No two numbers side by side. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$17,000,000
  • Match 53≈ 2.4 by chance$18,952
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball17≈ 19 by chance$1,672
  • Match 4480≈ 494 by chance$98.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball811≈ 778 by chance$52.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball11,157≈ 10k by chance$10.00
  • Match 321,197≈ 20k by chance$9.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball52,545≈ 51k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball76,911≈ 77k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.7M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Mega Ball — 11,157 winners, 7% more than the 10k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball0$17,000,000
    Match 53$18,952
    Match 4 + Mega Ball17$1,672
    Match 4480$98.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball811$52.00
    Match 321,197$9.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball11,157$10.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball52,545$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball76,911$1.00
    Totals163,121—