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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 9
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. 28
  6. 31

Jackpot$2,700,000

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 872 of 1,751 under them

← 2018-05-04All recent draws2018-05-11 →

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 feed5 9 12 13 28 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum11th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap63th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread18th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 119 of each

5118times
9122times
12124times
13120times
28

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-08

  • Lines in play≈ 224kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34.9Kto 5.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 518 winnerschance said 7.2

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$11.3K
  • Match 437%$12.9K
  • Match 331%$10.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001kPrize each
  1. Match 518≈ 7.2 by chance$629
  2. Match 4

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109times
31114times

Every number was expected about that many times after 871 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 (5, 9, 12, 13) with the draw of 16 August 2013 — its closest relative in 871 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2018): 9 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 10th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 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 2.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
403≈ 335 by chance
$32.00
  • Match 35,352≈ 5.4k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈224k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,352 winners, 0% more than the 5.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60—
    Match 518$629
    Match 4403$32.00
    Match 35,352$2.00
    Totals5,773—