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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 3 May 2022

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 16
  4. 17
  5. 30
  6. 46

Jackpot$860,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 2,351 of 3,989 under them

← 2022-05-02All recent draws2022-05-04 →

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 feed4 5 16 17 30 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 3 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 29% of every possible ticket.

  • sum17th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 288 of each

4299times
5281times
16309times
17315times
30

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-03

  • Lines in play≈ 17Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$116.2Kto 31k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 536lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 181,362 winnerschance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1831%$36.3K
  • Match 4 of 1834%$39.2K
  • Match 3 of 613%$15.2K
  • 4 other tiers22%$25.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in1,362≈ 1.2 by chance

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299times
46282times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,350 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 (5, 16, 17, 46) with the draw of 21 June 2012 — its closest relative in 2,350 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2022): 4, 17 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

118

The numbers add up to 118 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5, 16–17. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

30 had not appeared for 9 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 31% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$860,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in5,661≈ 307 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in16,095≈ 16k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 67,576≈ 293k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,500
  • Match 9 of 184$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1839$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18242$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈17M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 of 6 — 7,576 winners, 97% fewer than the 293k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 of 60$860,000
    Match 5 of 68$1,000
    Match 4 of 6388$20.00
    Match 3 of 67,576$2.00
    Match 10+ of 180$2,500
    Match 9 of 184$1,000
    Match 8 of 1839$50.00
    Match 7 of 18242$25.00
    Match 6 of 181,362$10.00
    Match 5 of 185,653$5.00
    Match 4 of 1815,707$2.00
    Totals30,979—