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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 5 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 14
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 29
  5. 34
  6. 36

Jackpot$1,250,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020draw 842 of 1,077 under them

← 2018-05-02All recent draws2018-05-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed14 16 22 29 34 3629 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/40 · Apr 2010 – Aug 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 841 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 5 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

27oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 27 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 6% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap7th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread13th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 126 of each

14129times
16123times
22143times
29120times
34

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117times
36124times

Every number was expected about that many times after 841 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (14, 34, 36) with the draw of 10 January 2018 — its closest relative in 841 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2018): 29 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

36 had not appeared for 24 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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.

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