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Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 2

Jackpot$4,130,000

The crowdHeld 4% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017draw 49 of 1,155 under them

← 2018-04-28All recent draws2018-05-05 →

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 feed8 18 19 30 31 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours98th
  • spread10th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

85times
188times
191time
305times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 559kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$200.2Kto 59k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • match_2_1_b11%$21.9K
  • match_1_1_b23%$46.6K
  • match_0_1_b40%$79.6K
  • 5 other tiers26%$52.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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2times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

26times

Every number was expected about that many times after 48 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 2 of 5 numbers (8, 30) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 18 April 2018 — its closest relative in 48 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 April 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

106

The numbers add up to 106 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 30–31. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 27 draws. A number waits about 10 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,130,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in1≈ 0.19 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in5≈ 5.1 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in49≈ 45 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in255≈ 232 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in2,422≈ 2.1k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in3,629≈ 3.5k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in19,347≈ 19k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in32,970≈ 33k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈559k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 2,422 winners, 16% more than the 2.1k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball26,147$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball15,391$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2,877$5.00
    Match 31,865$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball202$20.00
    Match 438$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5$1,000
    Match 51$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$4,130,000
    match_0_1_b6,823$4.00
    match_1_1_b3,956$4.00
    match_2_1_b752$10.00
    match_3_0_b557$10.00
    match_3_1_b53$40.00
    match_4_0_b11$200
    match_4_1_b0$2,000
    match_5_0_b0$40,000