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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 12
  3. 20
  4. 34
  5. 39
  6. 42

Jackpot$3,236,304

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 743 of 2,099 under them

← 2017-05-17All recent draws2017-05-24 →

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 feed7 12 20 34 39 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum81th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 106 of each

7113times
12108times
20113times
34104times
39

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 262kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.0Kto 7.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.3K
  • Match 442%$19.4K
  • Match 346%$21.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$3,236,304
  2. Match 5

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101times
4295times

Every number was expected about that many times after 742 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 4 of 6 numbers (20, 34, 39, 42) with the draw of 18 June 2016 — its closest relative in 742 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2017): 42 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

154

The numbers add up to 154 — the 81th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 12 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 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
12≈ 11 by chance
$440
  • Match 4462≈ 471 by chance$42.00
  • Match 37,121≈ 7.1k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈262k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,121 winners, 0% more than the 7.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,236,304
    Match 512$440
    Match 4462$42.00
    Match 37,121$3.00