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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 9 May 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 17
  4. 21
  5. 26
  6. 34

Jackpot$1,776,988

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

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 844 of 2,107 under them

← 2018-05-05All recent draws2018-05-12 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed13 14 17 21 26 3429 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 9 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap10th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread8th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 120 of each

13128times
14128times
17132times
21114times
26

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-09

  • Lines in play≈ 210kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$38Kto 6.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 35lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 512%$4.4K
  • Match 443%$16.5K
  • Match 345%$17.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$1,776,988
  2. Match 5

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112times
34123times

Every number was expected about that many times after 843 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 (13, 14, 17, 21) with the draw of 27 January 2018 — its closest relative in 843 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 79% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

125

The numbers add up to 125 — the 44th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 18 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
4≈ 8.7 by chance
$1,101
  • Match 4358≈ 379 by chance$46.00
  • Match 35,723≈ 5.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈210k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,723 winners, 0% more than the 5.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,776,988
    Match 54$1,101
    Match 4358$46.00
    Match 35,723$3.00