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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 9
  3. 15
  4. 20
  5. 42
  6. 44
  7. 31

JackpotCA$5,000,000

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

Rules6/49 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010draw 876 of 1,754 under them

← 2018-05-19All recent draws2018-05-26 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 9 15 20 42 44 + 3129 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 39% of every possible ticket.

  • sum32th
  • odd20th
  • low77th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 107 of each

4112times
9113times
15117times
20118times
42

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-23

  • Lines in play≈ 4.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$4.3Mto 658k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.31

Where the money went

  • Match 318%CA$766.6K
  • Match 237%CA$1.6M
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw23%CA$1M
  • 4 other tiers22%CA$959.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.31 by chance

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100times
44113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 875 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 (4, 20, 42, 44) with the draw of 17 October 2012 — its closest relative in 875 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 58% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 May 2018): 15, 44 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 37 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$5,000,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus3≈ 1.9 by chanceCA$67,612
  • Match 567≈ 79 by chanceCA$2,523
  • Match 44,084≈ 4.2k by chanceCA$78.60
  • Match 2 + Bonus53,243≈ 54k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 376,659≈ 77k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2523,751≈ 524k by chanceCA$3.00
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 4,084 winners, 3% fewer than the 4.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60CA$5,000,000
    Match 5 + Bonus3CA$67,612
    Match 567CA$2,523
    Match 44,084CA$78.60
    Match 376,659CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus53,243CA$5.00
    Match 2523,751CA$3.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals0—