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Lotto America · draw

Monday, 18 May 2026

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 23
  2. 27
  3. 29
  4. 36
  5. 51
  6. 7

Jackpot$26,740,000

The crowdHeld 4% 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 1,089 of 1,155 under them

← 2026-05-16All recent draws2026-05-20 →

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 feed23 27 29 36 51 + 720 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

42oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 42 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 25% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd90th
  • low10th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours33th
  • spread21th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 105 of each

2397times
27100times
2999times
36106times
51

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 522kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$206.7Kto 54k 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_b12%$24.1K
  • match_1_1_b27%$56.1K
  • match_0_1_b46%$96K
  • 4 other tiers15%$30.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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125times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 109 of each

7106times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,088 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 (23, 29, 36) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 19 April 2025 — its closest relative in 1,088 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2026): 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. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 16 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 11% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$26,740,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.18 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in4≈ 4.7 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in27≈ 42 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in215≈ 217 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in1,730≈ 2.0k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in3,102≈ 3.3k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in17,920≈ 18k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in30,801≈ 31k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈522k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 1,730 winners, 11% fewer than the 2.0k 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 Ball22,195$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball12,846$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2,243$5.00
    Match 31,248$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball161$20.00
    Match 418$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball3$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$26,740,000
    match_0_1_b8,606$6.00
    match_1_1_b5,074$6.00
    match_2_1_b859$15.00
    match_3_0_b482$15.00
    match_3_1_b54$60.00
    match_4_0_b9$300
    match_4_1_b1$3,000
    match_5_0_b0$60,000