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Pick 6 · draw

Saturday, 16 May 2026

ResultPick 6

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 26
  4. 30
  5. 39
  6. 43

Jackpot$2,400,000

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 1,753 of 2,033 under them

← 2026-05-14All recent draws2026-05-18 →

Also drawn that day

  • double play drawing
    1. 6
    2. 12
    3. 18
    4. 25
    5. 40
    6. 44

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 18 26 30 39 438 Sept 2026, 09:25 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum66th
  • odd20th
  • low20th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread42th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 215 of each

8195times
18200times
26218times
30209times
39223times
43217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,752 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 (8, 18, 30, 43) with the draw of 5 March 2026 — its closest relative in 1,752 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 82% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

164

The numbers add up to 164 — the 66th 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

30 had not appeared for 31 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2026-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 335kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35.9Kto 6.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$12.3K
  • Match 433%$11.8K
  • Match 333%$11.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$2,400,000
  2. Match 514≈ 6.2 by chance$878
  3. Match 4295≈ 325 by chance$40.00
  4. Match 35,915≈ 5.9k by chance$2.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈335k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,915 winners, 0% more than the 5.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 60$2,400,000
Match 514$878
Match 4295$40.00
Match 35,915$2.00
Totals6,224—