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Lotto Strike · draw

Saturday, 16 May 2020

ResultLotto Strike

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 26

JackpotA$340,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/45 · since Oct 2019draw 87 of 1,223 under them

← 2020-05-13All recent draws2020-05-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed11 16 17 2629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 May 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

41oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 41 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 21% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd48th
  • low81th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours87th
  • spread9th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

1111times
169times
1711times
268times

Every number was expected about that many times after 86 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.

Prize breakdown · 2020-05-16

  • Paid outA$36.8Kto 7.9k winning lines
  • 10 winnersA$340K

Where the money went

  • 214%A$5.3K
  • 365%A$23.9K
  • 421%A$7.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. 10A$340,000
  2. 23

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Its nearest twin

Shares 2 of 4 numbers (11, 26) with the draw of 11 April 2020 — its closest relative in 86 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 May 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 32% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

70

The numbers add up to 70 — the 19th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 92. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17. 25% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 11 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 1.9× 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 →
A$1,769
  • 3308A$77.50
  • 47,630A$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    10A$340,000
    23A$1,769
    3308A$77.50
    47,630A$1.00