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LuckyDay Lotto · draw · evening

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

eveningLuckyDay Lotto

Single source
  1. 17
  2. 19
  3. 24
  4. 28
  5. 41

Jackpot$650,000

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

Rules5/45 · since Jul 2014draw 1,942 of 4,954 under them

← 2022-05-16All recent draws2022-05-18 →

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 feed17 19 24 28 4129 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 78% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd65th
  • low32th
  • widest gap36th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread20th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 216 of each

17223times
19203times
24193times
28228times
41

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-17

  • Lines in play≈ 221kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43.2Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 11lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.18

Where the money went

  • Match 411%$4.8K
  • Match 348%$20.6K
  • Match 241%$17.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.18 by chance$650,000
  2. Match 4

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212times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,941 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 5 numbers (17, 28, 41) with the draw of 7 August 2021 — its closest relative in 1,941 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2022): 19 carried over. Chance says 46% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

129

The numbers add up to 129 — the 68th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 115. No two numbers side by side. 39% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 41 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 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
24≈ 36 by chance
$200
  • Match 31,371≈ 1.4k by chance$15.00
  • Match 217,858≈ 18k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈221k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,371 winners, 3% fewer than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$650,000
    Match 424$200
    Match 31,371$15.00
    Match 217,858$1.00
    Totals19,253—