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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 12 May 2022

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 35
  5. 36
  6. 42

Jackpot$8,900,000

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 1,290 of 2,033 under them

← 2022-05-09All recent draws2022-05-16 →

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 feed3 8 9 35 36 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 12 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 65% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread62th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 158 of each

3174times
8136times
9156times
35163times
36

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-12

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$115.9Kto 22k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$37.8K
  • Match 431%$36.3K
  • Match 336%$41.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.08 by chance$8,900,000
  2. Match 5

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151times
42151times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,289 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 (3, 8, 9, 36) with the draw of 22 November 2021 — its closest relative in 1,289 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 72% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (9 May 2022): 8, 35 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 35–36. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 14 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 41% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
12≈ 22 by chance
$3,151
  • Match 41,171≈ 1.1k by chance$31.00
  • Match 320,891≈ 21k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 1,171 winners, 2% 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$8,900,000
    Match 512$3,151
    Match 41,171$31.00
    Match 320,891$2.00
    Totals22,074—