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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 15
  3. 21
  4. 22
  5. 27
  6. 42

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

Rules6/42 · since Aug 2020draw 289 of 644 under them

← 2023-05-17All recent draws2023-05-24 →

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 feed4 15 21 22 27 4229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

75oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 75 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread88th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

441times
1544times
2148times
2246times
27

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 151kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$6.5K
  • Match 443%$14.2K
  • Match 337%$12.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$575,000
  2. Match 5

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45times
4236times

Every number was expected about that many times after 288 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 (4, 15, 27, 42) with the draw of 1 June 2022 — its closest relative in 288 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 41% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2023): 21 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

131

The numbers add up to 131 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 21–22. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 22 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 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
8≈ 6.2 by chance
$809
  • Match 4279≈ 272 by chance$51.00
  • Match 34,112≈ 4.1k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈151k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,112 winners, 0% more than the 4.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$575,000
    Match 58$809
    Match 4279$51.00
    Match 34,112$3.00
    Totals4,399—