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Pick 6 · draw

Thursday, 18 May 2023

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 20
  3. 28
  4. 41
  5. 43
  6. 45

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 1,396 of 2,033 under them

← 2023-05-15All recent draws2023-05-22 →

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 feed9 20 28 41 43 4529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 54% of every possible ticket.

  • sum86th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 171 of each

9167times
20169times
28185times
41160times
43

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 897kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$97.6Kto 17k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 53lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$33.7K
  • Match 433%$32.2K
  • Match 332%$31.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$8,900,000
  2. Match 5

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164times
45186times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,395 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 (9, 28, 41, 43) with the draw of 5 August 2019 — its closest relative in 1,395 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2023): 9, 28 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

186

The numbers add up to 186 — the 86th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 11 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
23≈ 17 by chance
$1,466
  • Match 4947≈ 869 by chance$34.00
  • Match 315,840≈ 16k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈897k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 947 winners, 9% more than the 869 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 523$1,466
    Match 4947$34.00
    Match 315,840$2.00
    Totals16,810—