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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 21
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 29
  6. 40

Jackpot$6,236,667

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 428 of 2,101 under them

← 2014-05-10All recent draws2014-05-17 →

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 feed12 21 22 24 29 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 May 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum75th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 61 of each

1258times
2155times
2256times
2461times
29

Prize breakdown · 2014-05-14

  • Lines in play≈ 395kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$70.3Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$8.1K
  • Match 443%$30.0K
  • Match 346%$32.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$6,236,667
  2. Match 5

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69times
4057times

Every number was expected about that many times after 427 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 6 numbers (21, 24, 29) with the draw of 2 April 2014 — its closest relative in 427 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (10 May 2014): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

148

The numbers add up to 148 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 21 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
25≈ 16 by chance
$323
  • Match 4682≈ 711 by chance$44.00
  • Match 310,747≈ 11k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈395k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 682 winners, 4% fewer than the 711 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,236,667
    Match 525$323
    Match 4682$44.00
    Match 310,747$3.00