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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 23
  6. 34

Jackpot$6,657,769

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 430 of 2,101 under them

← 2014-05-17All recent draws2014-05-24 →

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 17 18 21 23 3429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

64oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 64 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 61 of each

1260times
1760times
1873times
2156times
23

Prize breakdown · 2014-05-21

  • Lines in play≈ 423kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$74.0Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$8.3K
  • Match 442%$31.1K
  • Match 347%$34.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$6,657,769
  2. Match 5

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59times
3462times

Every number was expected about that many times after 429 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 (12, 18, 23) with the draw of 26 March 2014 — its closest relative in 429 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2014): 12 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

34 had not appeared for 17 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 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
16≈ 17 by chance
$520
  • Match 4692≈ 762 by chance$45.00
  • Match 311,510≈ 12k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈423k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 692 winners, 9% fewer than the 762 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,657,769
    Match 516$520
    Match 4692$45.00
    Match 311,510$3.00