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Lotto · draw

Monday, 14 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 25
  3. 31
  4. 33
  5. 34
  6. 37

Jackpot$2,200,000

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 Jan 2010draw 1,310 of 2,632 under them

← 2018-05-12All recent draws2018-05-16 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed16 25 31 33 34 3729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 14 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

36oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 36 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 15% of every possible ticket.

  • sum78th
  • odd77th
  • low20th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 160 of each

16150times
25161times
31173times
33167times
34

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-14

  • Lines in play≈ 371kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$33.7Kto 6.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 58.9%$3K
  • Match 433%$11.1K
  • Match 358%$19.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$2,200,000
  2. Match 5

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165times
37169times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,309 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 (16, 25, 34, 37) with the draw of 29 February 2016 — its closest relative in 1,309 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

176

The numbers add up to 176 — the 78th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 33–34. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

37 had not appeared for 16 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 58% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 6.8 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4369≈ 359 by chance$30.00
  • Match 36,543≈ 6.5k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈371k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,543 winners, 0% more than the 6.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,200,000
    Match 53$1,000
    Match 4369$30.00
    Match 36,543$3.00
    Totals6,915—