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Lucky for Life · draw

Monday, 16 May 2016

ResultLucky for Life

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 29
  3. 30
  4. 42
  5. 44
  6. 14

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/48 + 1/18 · since Jan 2015draw 136 of 2,354 under them

← 2016-05-12All recent draws2016-05-19 →

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 feed20 29 30 42 44 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

29oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 29 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd10th
  • low10th
  • widest gap24th
  • neighbours79th
  • spread16th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 14 of each

2012times
2913times
3011times
4214times
44

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11times
Stars · a separate 1-of-18 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

147times

Every number was expected about that many times after 135 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 5 numbers (20, 42, 44) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 9 April 2015 — its closest relative in 135 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 52% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 May 2016): 29, 44 carried over. Chance says 44% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (6% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

165

The numbers add up to 165 — the 92th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 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 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 7% of the jackpot.

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

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