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Bank a Million · draw

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

ResultBank a Million

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 12
  4. 17
  5. 21
  6. 22

Jackpot$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Sep 2015draw 75 of 1,164 under them

← 2016-05-14All recent draws2016-05-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 8 12 17 21 2229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

31oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 31 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 9% of every possible ticket.

  • sum9th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours91th
  • spread2th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 11 of each

712times
812times
1216times
1714times
21

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 366kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$237.5Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 20lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.10

Where the money went

  • Match 524%$58K
  • Match 2 plus Bonus20%$48.1K
  • Match 318%$41.6K
  • 3 other tiers38%$89.8K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.10 by chance

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16times
2210times

Every number was expected about that many times after 74 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 (7, 8, 17, 21) with the draw of 2 September 2015 — its closest relative in 74 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 15% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2016): 7 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 9th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8, 21–22. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 9 draws. A number waits about 7 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,000,000
  • Match 5 plus Bonus0≈ 0.57 by chance$20,000
  • Match 529≈ 19 by chance$2,000
  • Match 4 plus Bonus40≈ 47 by chance$400
  • Match 4868≈ 755 by chance$40.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus978≈ 1.0k by chance$40.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus6,010≈ 7.8k by chance$8.00
  • Match 310,399≈ 10k by chance$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈366k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus — 6,010 winners, 23% fewer than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,000,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus0$20,000
    Match 529$2,000
    Match 4 plus Bonus40$400
    Match 4868$40.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus978$40.00
    Match 310,399$4.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus6,010$8.00
    Totals18,324—