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Lotto · draw

Thursday, 18 May 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 23
  4. 29
  5. 40
  6. 50

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 1,312 of 1,616 under them

← 2023-05-15All recent draws2023-05-20 →

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 15 23 29 40 5029 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 1,311 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 18 May 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

75oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 75 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 95% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap15th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread46th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 151 of each

12141times
15150times
23138times
29146times
40

Prize breakdown · 2023-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 462kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$235Kto 67k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 48.0%$18.9K
  • Match 316%$36.4K
  • Match 247%$111K
  • 6 other tiers29%$68.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance

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154times
50162times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,311 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 (15, 40, 50) with the draw of 19 September 2022 — its closest relative in 1,311 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 May 2023): 40 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

169

The numbers add up to 169 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 22 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 51% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$15,650,000
  • Match 510≈ 6.3 by chance$1,436
  • Match 4382≈ 352 by chance$49.50
  • Match 37,289≈ 6.9k by chance$5.00
  • Match 255,520≈ 56k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$35,900
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot6$1,238
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot74$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot508$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,638$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,704$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈462k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,289 winners, 6% more than the 6.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$15,650,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$35,900
    Match 510$1,436
    Match 4 + Extra Shot6$1,238
    Match 4382$49.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot74$125
    Match 37,289$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot508$25.00
    Match 255,520$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,638$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,704$5.00
    Totals67,131—