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Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 31
  5. 46
  6. 2

Jackpot$13,570,000

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

Rules5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017draw 471 of 1,155 under them

← 2022-05-14All recent draws2022-05-21 →

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 24 31 46 + 229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum43th
  • odd10th
  • low66th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours33th
  • spread57th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

849times
1848times
2443times
3149times
46

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 534kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$266.7Kto 55k 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%$29.9K
  • match_1_1_b25%$65.7K
  • match_0_1_b43%$115.2K
  • 4 other tiers21%$56K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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46times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 47 of each

251times

Every number was expected about that many times after 470 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 3 of 5 numbers (8, 18, 31) and 1 of 1 stars with the draw of 2 February 2022 — its closest relative in 470 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: 2 repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

127

The numbers add up to 127 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 9 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$13,570,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.18 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in9≈ 4.8 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in47≈ 43 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in222≈ 222 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in2,097≈ 2.0k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in3,306≈ 3.3k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in18,276≈ 18k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in31,502≈ 32k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈534k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 2,097 winners, 5% more than the 2.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22,810$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball13,421$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2,418$5.00
    Match 31,515$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball156$20.00
    Match 438$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball5$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$13,570,000
    match_0_1_b8,692$8.00
    match_1_1_b4,855$8.00
    match_2_1_b888$20.00
    match_3_0_b582$20.00
    match_3_1_b66$80.00
    match_4_0_b9$400
    match_4_1_b4$4,000
    match_5_0_b0$80,000