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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 20
  3. 22
  4. 26
  5. 37
  6. 59
  7. 53

Jackpot$6,800,000

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010draw 687 of 1,672 under them

← 2017-05-13All recent draws2017-05-20 →

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 feed12 20 22 26 37 59 + 5329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours29th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 70 of each

1273times
2063times
2270times
2670times
37

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 1.3Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$41.9Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$13.6K
  • Match 436%$15K
  • Match 332%$13.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$6,800,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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58times
5971times

Every number was expected about that many times after 686 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 3 of 6 numbers (12, 22, 59) with the draw of 12 November 2016 — its closest relative in 686 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2017): 26 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

176

The numbers add up to 176 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. No two numbers side by side. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 69% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.17 by chance
$38,035
  • Match 57≈ 8.9 by chance$1,949
  • Match 4557≈ 592 by chance$27.00
  • Match 313,198≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.3M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 557 winners, 6% fewer than the 592 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,800,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$38,035
    Match 57$1,949
    Match 4557$27.00
    Match 313,198$1.00
    Totals13,762—