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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 6 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 20
  3. 26
  4. 27
  5. 30
  6. 35

Jackpot$2,000,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 368 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-05-04All recent draws2017-05-08 →

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 feed6 20 26 27 30 3529 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 367 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 6 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap35th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread15th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

648times
2047times
2641times
2733times
30

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-06

  • Lines in play≈ 470kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$148.9Kto 66k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$17.1K
  • Match 324%$35.8K
  • Match 238%$56.5K
  • 6 other tiers27%$39.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

51times
3545times

Every number was expected about that many times after 367 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 (27, 30, 35) with the draw of 1 May 2017 — its closest relative in 367 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (4 May 2017): 30 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 33th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 26–27. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 19 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 40% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,000,000
  • Match 52≈ 6.4 by chance$6,182
  • Match 4363≈ 358 by chance$47.00
  • Match 37,163≈ 7.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 256,480≈ 56k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,175
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot27$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot252$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot814$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot924$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈470k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,163 winners, 2% more than the 7.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,000,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 52$6,182
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,175
    Match 4363$47.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot27$125
    Match 37,163$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot252$25.00
    Match 256,480$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot814$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot924$5.00
    Totals0—