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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Thursday, 17 May 2018

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 14
  3. 21
  4. 34
  5. 40
  6. 47

Jackpot$2,800,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 904 of 3,988 under them

← 2018-05-16All recent draws2018-05-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 14 21 34 40 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

67oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 67 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap33th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread95th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

197times
14115times
21116times
3494times
40

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108times
47112times

Every number was expected about that many times after 903 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 3 of 6 numbers (21, 34, 40) with the draw of 2 January 2018 — its closest relative in 903 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

157

The numbers add up to 157 — the 58th 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

21 had not appeared for 10 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 54% of the jackpot.

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

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