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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 16
  5. 30
  6. 34

Jackpot$1,682,581

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 638 of 2,099 under them

← 2016-05-14All recent draws2016-05-21 →

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 feed7 11 12 16 30 3429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread27th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

796times
1190times
1293times
1691times
30

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 248kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.5Kto 7.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$4.5K
  • Match 440%$16.7K
  • Match 349%$20.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,682,581
  2. Match 5

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78times
3487times

Every number was expected about that many times after 637 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 (7, 30, 34) with the draw of 24 June 2015 — its closest relative in 637 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2016): 16 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 25th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 8 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
10≈ 10 by chance
$446
  • Match 4465≈ 447 by chance$36.00
  • Match 36,754≈ 6.8k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈248k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,754 winners, 0% more than the 6.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,682,581
    Match 510$446
    Match 4465$36.00
    Match 36,754$3.00