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New York Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 46
  5. 47
  6. 54
  7. 8

Jackpot$2,300,000

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 1,001 of 1,673 under them

← 2020-05-16All recent draws2020-05-23 →

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 feed13 18 23 46 47 54 + 829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 92% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread38th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 102 of each

1396times
18104times
23104times
4695times
47

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 851kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$28.9Kto 9.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$9.5K
  • Match 437%$10.7K
  • Match 330%$8.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$2,300,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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70times
54111times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,000 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 (18, 23, 46, 54) with the draw of 18 May 2019 — its closest relative in 1,000 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 37% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2020): 13 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

201

The numbers add up to 201 — the 69th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 46–47. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

47 had not appeared for 38 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 84% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.11 by chance
$217,574
  • Match 54≈ 5.9 by chance$2,375
  • Match 4345≈ 390 by chance$31.00
  • Match 38,699≈ 8.8k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈851k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,699 winners, 2% fewer than the 8.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,300,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$217,574
    Match 54$2,375
    Match 4345$31.00
    Match 38,699$1.00
    Totals9,048—