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Triple Twist · draw

Monday, 15 May 2023

ResultTriple Twist

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 17
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 26
  6. 37

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Dec 2018draw 1,569 of 2,827 under them

← 2023-05-14All recent draws2023-05-16 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:39 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 17 18 21 26 3729 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 15 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread77th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 224 of each

1230times
17224times
18216times
21241times
26

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-15

  • Lines in play≈ 1.5Bas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$12Kto 2.9k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 517,747lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 18288 winnerschance said 288

Where the money went

  • Match 5 or Match 9 of 1829%$3.5K
  • Match 4 or Match 7 of 1815%$1.8K
  • Match 3 or Match 5 of 1841%$4.9K
  • 2 other tiers16%$1.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in288≈ 288 by chance

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232times
37201times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,568 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 (1, 17, 18, 26) with the draw of 22 February 2022 — its closest relative in 1,568 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 May 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

120

The numbers add up to 120 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 17–18. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$230,000
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,000
  • Match 5 or Match 9 of 187$500
  • Match 8 of 189$50.00
  • Match 4 or Match 7 of 18176$10.00
  • Match 3 or Match 5 of 182,438$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.5B lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 6 of 18 — 288 winners against 288 expected — with counts this small, chance alone does that.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$230,000
    Match 10+ of 180$2,000
    Match 5 or Match 9 of 187$500
    Match 8 of 189$50.00
    Match 4 or Match 7 of 18176$10.00
    Match 6 of 18288$5.00
    Match 3 or Match 5 of 182,438$2.00
    Totals2,918—