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Lotto · draw

Friday, 12 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 19
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 27

Jackpot$2,100,000

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 769 of 1,751 under them

← 2017-05-09All recent draws2017-05-16 →

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 feed8 9 19 25 26 2729 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum24th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap20th
  • neighbours99th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

8111times
9108times
1998times
25105times
26

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 223kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35.3Kto 5.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 511 winnerschance said 7.2

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$11.4K
  • Match 437%$13.2K
  • Match 330%$10.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 511≈ 7.2 by chance$1,038
  2. Match 4

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98times
27125times

Every number was expected about that many times after 768 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 (8, 19, 25, 26) with the draw of 24 April 2012 — its closest relative in 768 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 69% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2017): 26 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 24th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 25–26, 26–27. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

25 had not appeared for 11 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
368≈ 334 by chance
$36.00
  • Match 35,336≈ 5.3k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈223k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,336 winners, 0% more than the 5.3k 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 511$1,038
    Match 4368$36.00
    Match 35,336$2.00
    Totals5,715—