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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 5 May 2016

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 26
  3. 41
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 47

Jackpot$4,600,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 662 of 2,033 under them

← 2016-05-02All recent draws2016-05-09 →

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 feed1 26 41 42 43 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

17oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 17 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 1% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread95th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 81 of each

196times
2675times
4174times
4266times
43

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-05

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$4.6M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$4,600,000
  2. Match 50$6,156
  3. Match 40$78.00

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77times
4769times

Every number was expected about that many times after 661 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 (41, 43, 47) with the draw of 21 April 2014 — its closest relative in 661 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2016): 1, 42 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

200

The numbers add up to 200 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 41–42, 42–43. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

43 had not appeared for 10 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 65% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 30$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,600,000
    Match 50$6,156
    Match 40$78.00
    Match 30$3.00
    Match 2 + XTRA0—
    Totals0—