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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 25
  6. 28

Jackpot$3,640,105

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 746 of 2,099 under them

← 2017-05-27All recent draws2017-06-03 →

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 feed14 20 22 24 25 2829 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 16% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap3th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 106 of each

14105times
20114times
22104times
24105times
25

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-31

  • Lines in play≈ 253kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$45.9Kto 7.3k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$5.3K
  • Match 443%$19.9K
  • Match 345%$20.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$3,640,105
  2. Match 5

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109times
28108times

Every number was expected about that many times after 745 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, 22, 24, 28) with the draw of 12 May 2012 — its closest relative in 745 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 May 2017): 24 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 10 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 1.9× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
15≈ 10 by chance
$355
  • Match 4443≈ 456 by chance$45.00
  • Match 36,892≈ 6.9k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈253k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,892 winners, 0% more than the 6.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,640,105
    Match 515$355
    Match 4443$45.00
    Match 36,892$3.00