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Lotto America · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2024

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 12
  5. 33
  6. 9

Jackpot$2,450,000

The crowdHeld 12% 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 776 of 1,155 under them

← 2024-05-15All recent draws2024-05-20 →

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 feed7 8 9 12 33 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 10% of every possible ticket.

  • sum2th
  • odd66th
  • low90th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours98th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 75 of each

761times
877times
972times
1274times
33

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 353kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$167.4Kto 38k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • match_2_1_b13%$21.5K
  • match_1_1_b26%$44.2K
  • match_0_1_b42%$69.7K
  • 4 other tiers19%$32K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.01 by chance

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71times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 78 of each

978times

Every number was expected about that many times after 775 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 (9, 12, 33) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 July 2023 — its closest relative in 775 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2024): 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

69

The numbers add up to 69 — the 2th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 8–9. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 32 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 2.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,450,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.12 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in2≈ 3.2 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in33≈ 29 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in179≈ 147 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in1,665≈ 1.3k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in2,527≈ 2.2k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in12,996≈ 12k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in20,828≈ 21k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈353k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 1,665 winners, 26% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball13,829$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball8,445$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball1,639$5.00
    Match 31,065$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball114$20.00
    Match 422$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball0$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$2,450,000
    match_0_1_b6,999$6.00
    match_1_1_b4,551$6.00
    match_2_1_b888$15.00
    match_3_0_b600$15.00
    match_3_1_b65$60.00
    match_4_0_b11$300
    match_4_1_b2$3,000
    match_5_0_b0$60,000