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Lotto · draw

Monday, 22 May 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 28
  3. 33
  4. 34
  5. 35
  6. 49

Jackpot$2,500,000

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 375 of 1,616 under them

← 2017-05-20All recent draws2017-05-25 →

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 feed1 28 33 34 35 4929 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 374 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 22 May 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

24oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 24 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd79th
  • low5th
  • widest gap95th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread92th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 43 of each

138times
2840times
3347times
3447times
35

Prize breakdown · 2017-05-22

  • Lines in play≈ 324kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$105.7Kto 46k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 413%$13.8K
  • Match 322%$22.8K
  • Match 237%$39K
  • 5 other tiers29%$30.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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47times
4948times

Every number was expected about that many times after 374 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 (28, 34, 49) with the draw of 13 August 2016 — its closest relative in 374 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 May 2017): 49 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

180

The numbers add up to 180 — the 72th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 33–34, 34–35. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 15 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 72% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,500,000
  • Match 51≈ 4.4 by chance$9,829
  • Match 4234≈ 247 by chance$59.00
  • Match 34,563≈ 4.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 238,960≈ 39k by chance$1.00
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot27$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot216$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot727$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot858$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈324k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,563 winners, 6% fewer than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 51$9,829
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 4234$59.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot27$125
    Match 34,563$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot216$25.00
    Match 238,960$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot727$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot858$5.00
    Totals0—