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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 16
  5. 34
  6. 40

Jackpot$2,864,631

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,157 of 2,105 under them

← 2021-05-08All recent draws2021-05-15 →

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 feed3 9 10 16 34 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread83th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 165 of each

3185times
9162times
10164times
16181times
34

Prize breakdown · 2021-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 178kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$76.9Kto 5.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 518%$13.8K
  • Match 429%$22.5K
  • Match 353%$40.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,864,631
  2. Match 54 rows folded in

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169times
40163times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,156 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 (16, 34, 40) with the draw of 3 March 2021 — its closest relative in 1,156 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (8 May 2021): 9, 16 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

112

The numbers add up to 112 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

40 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
20≈ 7.3 by chance
$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in323≈ 320 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in4,837≈ 4.8k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈178k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,837 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,864,631
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)1$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)3$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)6$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)10$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)31$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)36$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)87$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)169$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)467$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)516$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)1,454$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)2,400$6.00
    Totals5,180—