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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 26 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 9
  3. 27
  4. 38
  5. 39
  6. 40

Jackpot$2,380,493

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 849 of 2,099 under them

← 2018-05-23All recent draws2018-05-30 →

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 feed5 9 27 38 39 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 May 2018 — 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.

  • sum85th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours92th
  • spread71th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 121 of each

5132times
9108times
27107times
38121times
39

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-26

  • Lines in play≈ 238kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43.2Kto 6.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$5.0K
  • Match 443%$18.7K
  • Match 345%$19.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$2,380,493
  2. Match 5

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114times
40121times

Every number was expected about that many times after 848 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 (5, 38, 40) with the draw of 2 August 2017 — its closest relative in 848 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 May 2018): 40 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

158

The numbers add up to 158 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39, 39–40. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

27 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 27% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
14≈ 9.8 by chance
$357
  • Match 4374≈ 430 by chance$50.00
  • Match 36,492≈ 6.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈238k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,492 winners, 0% more than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,380,493
    Match 514$357
    Match 4374$50.00
    Match 36,492$3.00