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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 23
  5. 31
  6. 39

Jackpot$1,200,000

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 1,292 of 1,752 under them

← 2022-05-13All recent draws2022-05-20 →

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 feed14 19 21 23 31 3929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd95th
  • low50th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 176 of each

14184times
19155times
21182times
23165times
31

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 135kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.0Kto 3.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 40lines took a prize
  • Match 510 winnerschance said 4.4

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$9.1K
  • Match 440%$10.4K
  • Match 325%$6.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001kPrize each
  1. Match 510≈ 4.4 by chance$910
  2. Match 4

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172times
39187times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,291 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 (19, 23, 39) with the draw of 31 December 2021 — its closest relative in 1,291 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2022): 14, 39 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

147

The numbers add up to 147 — the 65th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 20 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 24% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
177≈ 202 by chance
$59.00
  • Match 33,234≈ 3.2k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈135k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,234 winners, 0% more than the 3.2k 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 510$910
    Match 4177$59.00
    Match 33,234$2.00
    Totals3,421—