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Cowboy Draw · draw

Thursday, 24 May 2018

ResultCowboy Draw

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 14
  4. 27
  5. 40

Jackpot$320,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Mar 2015draw 331 of 1,208 under them

← 2018-05-21All recent draws2018-05-28 →

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 feed4 7 14 27 4029 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 24 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 76% of every possible ticket.

  • sum21th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread72th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 37 of each

436times
733times
1433times
2740times
40

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-24

  • Lines in play≈ 27kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$19.7Kto 2.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 425%$5K
  • Match 319%$3.7K
  • Match 256%$11K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.02 by chance$320,000
  2. Match 4

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32times

Every number was expected about that many times after 330 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 3 of 5 numbers (14, 27, 40) with the draw of 24 August 2017 — its closest relative in 330 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (21 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

92

The numbers add up to 92 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 9 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 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 4.5 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 3186≈ 174 by chance$20.00
  • Match 22,199≈ 2.2k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈27k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 2,199 winners, 0% more than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$320,000
    Match 45$1,000
    Match 3186$20.00
    Match 22,199$5.00