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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Saturday, 16 May 2020

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 23
  4. 27
  5. 35
  6. 16

Jackpot$28,000,000

The crowdHeld 26% 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 1,083 of 1,752 under them

← 2020-05-13All recent draws2020-05-20 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed3 9 23 27 35 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2020 — 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 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd99th
  • low65th
  • widest gap39th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread46th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 115 of each

3108times
9124times
23102times
27122times
35

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 2.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$28.4Mto 92k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 22lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball1 winnerchance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 5 + Mega Ball99%$28.0M
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball0.2%$67.5K
  • Match 30.4%$112.0K
  • 6 other tiers0.7%$203.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball1≈ 0.05 by chance

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103times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 40 of each

1641times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,082 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, 23, 27) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 13 November 2019 — its closest relative in 1,082 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2020): 23 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

97

The numbers add up to 97 — the 21th 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

3 had not appeared for 32 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$28,000,000
  • Match 54≈ 1.3 by chance$8,476
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball6≈ 10 by chance$2,825
  • Match 4354≈ 270 by chance$79.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball482≈ 426 by chance$52.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball6,134≈ 5.7k by chance$11.00
  • Match 313,994≈ 11k by chance$8.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball28,573≈ 28k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball42,084≈ 42k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 13,994 winners, 26% more than the 11k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball1$28,000,000
    Match 54$8,476
    Match 4 + Mega Ball6$2,825
    Match 4354$79.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball482$52.00
    Match 313,994$8.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball6,134$11.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball28,573$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball42,084$1.00
    Totals91,632—