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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 17 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 18
  3. 38
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 49

Jackpot$14,000,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 529 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-05-14All recent draws2018-05-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 18 38 42 43 4929 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 528 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum82th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread88th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 61 of each

268times
1860times
3863times
4263times
43

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 655kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$210.3Kto 92k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$26.6K
  • Match 322%$47.2K
  • Match 237%$78.7K
  • 6 other tiers27%$57.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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62times
4968times

Every number was expected about that many times after 528 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 (18, 38, 43, 49) with the draw of 9 April 2018 — its closest relative in 528 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 34% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2018): 2 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

192

The numbers add up to 192 — the 82th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

49 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$14,000,000
  • Match 58≈ 8.9 by chance$2,391
  • Match 4483≈ 499 by chance$55.00
  • Match 39,440≈ 9.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 278,698≈ 79k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,375
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot38$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot338$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,312$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,644$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈655k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 9,440 winners, 3% fewer than the 9.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$14,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 58$2,391
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,375
    Match 4483$55.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot38$125
    Match 39,440$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot338$25.00
    Match 278,698$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,312$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,644$5.00
    Totals0—