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Classic Lotto · draw

Saturday, 14 May 2016

ResultClassic Lotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 35
  5. 36
  6. 42

Jackpot$6,700,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 997 of 2,628 under them

← 2016-05-11All recent draws2016-05-16 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:51 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed18 20 23 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 14 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 48% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 122 of each

18129times
20127times
23124times
35115times
36

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-14

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$6.7M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$6,700,000
  2. Match 50$1,500
  3. Match 40$70.00

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113times
42129times

Every number was expected about that many times after 996 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 (20, 23, 35, 36) with the draw of 4 February 2015 — its closest relative in 996 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 63% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (11 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

174

The numbers add up to 174 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 35 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 57% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 30$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,700,000
    Match 50$1,500
    Match 40$70.00
    Match 30$2.00