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Treasure Hunt · draw

Thursday, 16 May 2024

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 18
  5. 20

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

Rules5/30 · since Apr 2010draw 4,778 of 5,672 under them

← 2024-05-15All recent draws2024-05-17 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 15 16 18 2029 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum57th
  • odd9th
  • low33th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread1th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 796 of each

12814times
15790times
16780times
18808times
20

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-16

  • Lines in play≈ 57kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$22.4Kto 10k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.40

Where the money went

  • Match 427%$6.1K
  • Match 332%$7.2K
  • Match 241%$9.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.40 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 4

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797times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,777 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 5 numbers (12, 15, 16, 20) with the draw of 8 April 2024 — its closest relative in 4,777 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2024): 18 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. Side-by-side numbers: 15–16. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
61≈ 50 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,195≈ 1.2k by chance$6.00
  • Match 29,159≈ 9.2k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈57k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,195 winners, 0% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$10,000
    Match 461$100
    Match 31,195$6.00
    Match 29,159$1.00
    Totals10,415—