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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 4 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 18
  3. 29
  4. 30
  5. 31
  6. 52

Jackpot$4,750,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 367 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-05-01All recent draws2017-05-06 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 18 29 30 31 5229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 366 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 4 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap80th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread55th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

1238times
1847times
2947times
3050times
31

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-04

  • Lines in play≈ 524kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$4.9Mto 73k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 697%$4.8M
  • Match 30.8%$37.9K
  • Match 21.3%$63K
  • 7 other tiers1.3%$65.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.03 by chance

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39times
5239times

Every number was expected about that many times after 366 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 (12, 30, 31, 52) with the draw of 29 October 2016 — its closest relative in 366 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 25% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 May 2017): 30 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

172

The numbers add up to 172 — the 64th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 29–30, 30–31. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

18 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$4,750,000
  • Match 56≈ 7.1 by chance$2,359
  • Match 4391≈ 399 by chance$50.50
  • Match 37,587≈ 7.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 262,950≈ 63k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,263
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot43$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot298$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot983$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,114$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈524k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,587 winners, 3% fewer than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$4,750,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 56$2,359
    Match 4 + Extra Shot3$1,263
    Match 4391$50.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot43$125
    Match 37,587$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot298$25.00
    Match 262,950$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot983$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,114$5.00
    Totals0—