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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 21 May 2016

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 11
  3. 24
  4. 26
  5. 27
  6. 37
  7. 39

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 271 of 1,359 under them

← 2016-05-18All recent draws2016-05-25 →

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 feed8 11 24 26 27 37 + 3929 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

76oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 76 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 96% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd50th
  • low21th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours63th
  • spread43th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 41 of each

840times
1133times
2441times
2644times
27

Prize breakdown · 2016-05-21

  • Lines in play≈ 8.0Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$2.7Mto 40k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 199lines took a prize
  • Match 62 winnerschance said 2.1

Where the money went

  • Match 637%NZ$1M
  • Match 421%NZ$551.3K
  • Match 3 + Bonus20%NZ$528.5K
  • 3 other tiers22%NZ$597.1K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 62≈ 2.1 by chance

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43times
3740times

Every number was expected about that many times after 270 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 (24, 26, 37) with the draw of 23 April 2016 — its closest relative in 270 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

133

The numbers add up to 133 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 19 draws. A number waits about 7 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 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$500,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus14≈ 13 by chanceNZ$18,646
  • Match 5393≈ 413 by chanceNZ$691
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,075≈ 1.0k by chanceNZ$60.00
  • Match 416,705≈ 17k by chanceNZ$33.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus22,020≈ 22k by chanceNZ$24.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈8.0M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 + Bonus — 1,075 winners, 4% more than the 1.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 62NZ$500,000
    Match 5 + Bonus14NZ$18,646
    Match 5393NZ$691
    Match 4 + Bonus1,075NZ$60.00
    Match 416,705NZ$33.00
    Match 3 + Bonus22,020NZ$24.00
    Match 30—
    Totals0—