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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 16 May 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 15
  5. 18
  6. 26

Jackpot$2,637,799

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,054 of 2,107 under them

← 2020-05-13All recent draws2020-05-20 →

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 feed6 8 14 15 18 2629 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum7th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 150 of each

6143times
8151times
14171times
15151times
18

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 160kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$64Kto 4.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 58.2%$5.3K
  • Match 435%$22.2K
  • Match 357%$36.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,637,799
  2. Match 54 rows folded in

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172times
26141times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,053 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 (8, 18, 26) with the draw of 29 April 2020 — its closest relative in 1,053 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2020): 6 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 6th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 14–15. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 15 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 6.6 by chance
$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in320≈ 288 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in4,352≈ 4.4k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈160k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,352 winners, 0% more than the 4.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,637,799
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)0$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)1$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)3$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)4$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)38$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)28$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)79$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)175$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)435$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)440$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)1,293$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)2,184$6.00
    Totals4,680—