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Classic Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

ResultClassic Lotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 27
  5. 30
  6. 33

Jackpot$6,300,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,311 of 2,628 under them

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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 feed9 12 17 27 30 3329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum26th
  • odd77th
  • low48th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 160 of each

9173times
12169times
17146times
27154times
30

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-16

  • Paid out$0.0to 0 winning lines
  • Match 60 winners$6.3M
Tier110Winners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60$6,300,000
  2. Match 50$1,500
  3. Match 40$70.00

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144times
33166times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,310 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, 12, 17, 30) with the draw of 8 April 2017 — its closest relative in 1,310 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2018): 12, 27 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 25th 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

33 had not appeared for 21 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 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% 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$6,300,000
    Match 50$1,500
    Match 40$70.00
    Match 30$2.00