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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 20 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 17
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 38
  6. 42
  7. 16

Jackpot€3,542,879

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

Rules6/47 + 1/47 · since Oct 2015draw 170 of 1,153 under them

← 2017-05-17All recent draws2017-05-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed11 17 29 30 38 42 + 1629 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 May 2017 — 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 72% of every possible ticket.

  • sum76th
  • odd48th
  • low20th
  • widest gap30th
  • neighbours69th
  • spread30th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 22 of each

1121times
1722times
2923times
3019times
38

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out€467Kto 41k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 28lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.11

Where the money went

  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball14%€66.6K
  • Match 414%€64.7K
  • Match 341%€192.9K
  • 4 other tiers31%€142.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.11 by chance

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21times
4227times

Every number was expected about that many times after 169 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 6 numbers (11, 30, 42) with the draw of 5 April 2017 — its closest relative in 169 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2017): 11, 42 carried over. Chance says 58% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

167

The numbers add up to 167 — the 76th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 144. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

38 had not appeared for 15 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 37% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
€3,542,879
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1≈ 0.65 by chance€66,594
  • Match 532≈ 26 by chance€1,248
  • Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54≈ 65 by chance€186
  • Match 41,269≈ 1.3k by chance€51.00
  • Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,657≈ 1.7k by chance€26.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,559≈ 16k by chance€3.00
  • Match 321,438≈ 21k by chance€9.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 plus Bonus Ball — 16,559 winners, 3% more than the 16k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball16,559€3.00
    Match 321,438€9.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball1,657€26.00
    Match 41,269€51.00
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball54€186
    Match 532€1,248
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball1€66,594
    Match 60€3,542,879