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Pick 6 · draw

Monday, 9 May 2022

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 20
  3. 28
  4. 29
  5. 30
  6. 35

Jackpot$8,400,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,289 of 2,033 under them

← 2022-05-05All recent draws2022-05-12 →

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 feed8 20 28 29 30 3529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.

  • sum50th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread14th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

8135times
20157times
28171times
29142times
30

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-09

  • Lines in play≈ 1.1Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$113.7Kto 21k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$37.7K
  • Match 431%$35.8K
  • Match 335%$40.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$8,400,000
  2. Match 5

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143times
35162times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,288 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 4 of 6 numbers (8, 20, 29, 30) with the draw of 26 September 2013 — its closest relative in 1,288 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2022): 20, 28 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

150

The numbers add up to 150 — the 49th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29, 29–30. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

35 had not appeared for 6 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 29% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
21≈ 21 by chance
$1,794
  • Match 41,193≈ 1.1k by chance$30.00
  • Match 320,104≈ 20k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.1M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,193 winners, 8% more than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,400,000
    Match 521$1,794
    Match 41,193$30.00
    Match 320,104$2.00
    Totals21,318—