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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 8
  4. 27
  5. 38
  6. 40

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

Rules6/44 · since Jan 2010draw 40 of 1,752 under them

← 2010-05-14All recent draws2010-05-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:41 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 2 8 27 38 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2010 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread84th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

15times
24times
83times
276times
38

Prize breakdown · 2010-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 233kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$42.2Kto 5.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 55 winnerschance said 7.5

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$14.4K
  • Match 439%$16.6K
  • Match 326%$11.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 55≈ 7.5 by chance$2,887
  2. Match 4

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7times
406times

Every number was expected about that many times after 39 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 (27, 38, 40) with the draw of 27 April 2010 — its closest relative in 39 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 63% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2010): 40 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

116

The numbers add up to 116 — the 26th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

1 had not appeared for 25 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 22% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
314≈ 348 by chance
$53.00
  • Match 35,561≈ 5.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈233k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,561 winners, 0% more than the 5.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60—
    Match 55$2,887
    Match 4314$53.00
    Match 35,561$2.00
    Totals5,880—