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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 17 May 2012

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 13
  3. 27
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 46

Jackpot$16,400,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 248 of 2,033 under them

← 2012-05-14All recent draws2012-05-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed6 13 27 42 43 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2012 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum79th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap50th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 30 of each

637times
1332times
2731times
4234times
43

Prize breakdown · 2012-05-17

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$16.4M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60$16,400,000
  2. Match 50$2,883
  3. Match 40

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27times
4640times

Every number was expected about that many times after 247 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 4 of 6 numbers (13, 27, 42, 46) with the draw of 23 August 2010 — its closest relative in 247 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 22% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2012): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

177

The numbers add up to 177 — the 79th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 18 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 63% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$64.00
  • Match 30$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$16,400,000
    Match 50$2,883
    Match 40$64.00
    Match 30$3.00
    Totals0—