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Lotto · draw

Monday, 20 May 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 16
  2. 17
  3. 22
  4. 30
  5. 48
  6. 49

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 1,470 of 1,616 under them

← 2024-05-18All recent draws2024-05-23 →

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 feed16 17 22 30 48 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 1,469 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 20 May 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 55% of every possible ticket.

  • sum74th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap64th
  • neighbours95th
  • spread26th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 170 of each

16214times
17171times
22166times
30181times
48

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-20

  • Lines in play≈ 198kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$101Kto 29k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 48.7%$8.8K
  • Match 314%$14K
  • Match 247%$47.6K
  • 5 other tiers30%$30.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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156times
49182times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,469 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 (17, 30, 48, 49) with the draw of 13 June 2019 — its closest relative in 1,469 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 68% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 May 2024): 30 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

182

The numbers add up to 182 — the 74th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 48–49. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 14 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 55% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$3,050,000
  • Match 51≈ 2.7 by chance$6,570
  • Match 4142≈ 151 by chance$62.00
  • Match 32,808≈ 3.0k by chance$5.00
  • Match 223,801≈ 24k by chance$2.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0$164,250
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot0$1,550
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot39$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot273$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot796$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot872$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈198k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,808 winners, 5% fewer than the 3.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$3,050,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$164,250
    Match 51$6,570
    Match 4 + Extra Shot0$1,550
    Match 4142$62.00
    Match 3 + Extra Shot39$125
    Match 32,808$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot273$25.00
    Match 223,801$2.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot796$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot872$5.00
    Totals28,732—