LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 31
  5. 34
  6. 38

Jackpot$5,994,653

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

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 221 of 2,099 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 feed4 14 15 31 34 3829 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.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum60th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread65th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 31 of each

437times
1429times
1533times
3131times
34

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 370kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$66.9Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.07

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$7.8K
  • Match 443%$28.8K
  • Match 345%$30.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.07 by chance$5,994,653
  2. Match 5

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

33times
3823times

Every number was expected about that many times after 220 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 5 of 6 numbers (4, 14, 31, 34, 38) with the draw of 31 August 2011 — its closest relative in 220 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 0.9% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 May 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 59th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 19 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 15 by chance
$1,306
  • Match 4613≈ 667 by chance$47.00
  • Match 310,076≈ 10k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈370k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 613 winners, 8% fewer than the 667 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,994,653
    Match 56$1,306
    Match 4613$47.00
    Match 310,076$3.00