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Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 24
  2. 25
  3. 29
  4. 38
  5. 50
  6. 9

Jackpot$2,340,000

The crowdHeld 5% less 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 53 of 1,155 under them

← 2018-05-12All 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, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed24 25 29 38 50 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

243times
258times
294times
386times
50

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 434kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$168.6Kto 44k 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%$19.2K
  • match_1_1_b26%$44K
  • match_0_1_b47%$79K
  • 4 other tiers16%$26.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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4times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 5 of each

97times

Every number was expected about that many times after 52 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 (38, 50) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 March 2018 — its closest relative in 52 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 May 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

166

The numbers add up to 166 — the 84th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 24–25. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 15 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 10% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,340,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.15 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in4≈ 3.9 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in30≈ 35 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in164≈ 180 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in1,452≈ 1.6k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in2,536≈ 2.7k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in14,364≈ 15k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in25,597≈ 26k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈434k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 1,452 winners, 11% fewer than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball18,653$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball10,551$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball1,881$5.00
    Match 31,090$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball123$20.00
    Match 422$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball3$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$2,340,000
    match_0_1_b6,944$6.00
    match_1_1_b3,813$6.00
    match_2_1_b655$15.00
    match_3_0_b362$15.00
    match_3_1_b41$60.00
    match_4_0_b8$300
    match_4_1_b1$3,000
    match_5_0_b0$60,000