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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 21
  3. 25
  4. 30
  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 1,469 of 1,616 under them

← 2024-05-16All recent draws2024-05-20 →

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 feed3 21 25 30 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 1,468 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 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

71oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 71 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 90% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread88th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 169 of each

3163times
21188times
25165times
30180times
40

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 253kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$132.6Kto 37k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 47.7%$10.2K
  • Match 315%$20.4K
  • Match 246%$60.9K
  • 6 other tiers31%$41.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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173times
50185times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,468 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 (21, 25, 40) with the draw of 25 December 2023 — its closest relative in 1,468 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2024): 50 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

25 had not appeared for 29 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 46% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,900,000
  • Match 53≈ 3.4 by chance$2,581
  • Match 4216≈ 193 by chance$47.00
  • Match 34,082≈ 3.8k by chance$5.00
  • Match 230,436≈ 30k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$64,525
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,175
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot46$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot324$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot988$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,007$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈253k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,082 winners, 8% more than the 3.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,900,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$64,525
    Match 53$2,581
    Match 4 + Extra Shot4$1,175
    Match 4216$47.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot46$125
    Match 34,082$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot324$25.00
    Match 230,436$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot988$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,007$5.00
    Totals37,106—