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Classic Lotto 47 · draw

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

ResultClassic Lotto 47

Single source
  1. 25
  2. 27
  3. 29
  4. 42
  5. 45
  6. 46

Jackpot$1,300,000

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

Rules6/47 · since Apr 2010draw 840 of 1,877 under them

← 2018-04-28All recent draws2018-05-05 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed25 27 29 42 45 4629 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 2 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

33oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 33 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 12% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd77th
  • low0th
  • widest gap38th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread5th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

25102times
2795times
2993times
4288times
45

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-02

  • Lines in play≈ 314kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$77.6Kto 6.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 48lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 519%$15K
  • Match 440%$31.4K
  • Match 340%$31.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,300,000
  2. Match 5

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99times
4698times

Every number was expected about that many times after 839 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 6 numbers (25, 42, 45) with the draw of 25 October 2017 — its closest relative in 839 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (28 April 2018): 45 carried over. Chance says 58% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

214

The numbers add up to 214 — the 99th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 144. Side-by-side numbers: 45–46. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 15 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
6≈ 7.2 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4314≈ 360 by chance$100
  • Match 36,242≈ 6.2k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈314k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,242 winners, 0% more than the 6.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,300,000
    Match 56$2,500
    Match 4314$100
    Match 36,242$5.00
    Totals6,562—