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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 19
  5. 27
  6. 42

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 668 of 1,751 under them

← 2016-05-20All recent draws2016-05-27 →

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 feed4 16 18 19 27 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

57oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 57 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap63th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread79th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 91 of each

491times
1686times
1889times
1986times
27

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-24

  • Lines in play≈ 175kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$31.5Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 58 winnerschance said 5.6

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$10.8K
  • Match 439%$12.3K
  • Match 327%$8.4K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 58≈ 5.6 by chance$1,347
  2. Match 4

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109times
4297times

Every number was expected about that many times after 667 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 (4, 16, 18, 19) with the draw of 31 December 2010 — its closest relative in 667 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 38th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 19 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 →
252≈ 261 by chance
$49.00
  • Match 34,180≈ 4.2k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈175k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,180 winners, 0% more than the 4.2k 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 58$1,347
    Match 4252$49.00
    Match 34,180$2.00
    Totals4,440—