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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 7 May 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 14
  3. 16
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 39
  7. 30

JackpotNZ$999,999

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 893 of 1,359 under them

← 2022-05-04All recent draws2022-05-11 →

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 feed5 14 16 24 31 39 + 3029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 86% of every possible ticket.

  • sum59th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap19th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 134 of each

5124times
14126times
16130times
24137times
31

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-07

  • Lines in play≈ 10Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$3Mto 340k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 63 winnerschance said 2.7

Where the money went

  • Match 633%NZ$1M
  • Match 422%NZ$651.6K
  • Match 3 + Bonus21%NZ$634.9K
  • 3 other tiers24%NZ$739.9K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 63≈ 2.7 by chance

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133times
39129times

Every number was expected about that many times after 892 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (5, 16, 24, 39) with the draw of 23 March 2022 — its closest relative in 892 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 87% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2022): 5, 31 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 58th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 15 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 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 14% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$333,333
  • Match 5 + Bonus19≈ 16 by chanceNZ$17,541
  • Match 5535≈ 525 by chanceNZ$618
  • Match 4 + Bonus1,311≈ 1.3k by chanceNZ$58.00
  • Match 421,018≈ 21k by chanceNZ$31.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus27,604≈ 28k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3289,505≈ 290k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈10M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 — 535 winners, 2% more than the 525 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 63NZ$333,333
    Match 5 + Bonus19NZ$17,541
    Match 5535NZ$618
    Match 4 + Bonus1,311NZ$58.00
    Match 421,018NZ$31.00
    Match 3 + Bonus27,604NZ$23.00
    Match 3289,505NZ$0.00
    Totals339,995—