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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 5 May 2018

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 38
  5. 41
  6. 42
  7. 51

Jackpot$7,400,000

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

Rules6/59 + 1/59 · since Oct 2010draw 788 of 1,672 under them

← 2018-05-02All recent draws2018-05-09 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:50 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 16 17 38 41 42 + 5129 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 59% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread35th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

285times
1679times
1797times
3860times
41

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-05

  • Lines in play≈ 1.4Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.1Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$15.1K
  • Match 436%$16.6K
  • Match 331%$14.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$7,400,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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88times
4273times

Every number was expected about that many times after 787 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 (17, 38, 42) with the draw of 22 February 2017 — its closest relative in 787 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (2 May 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

156

The numbers add up to 156 — the 27th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 41–42. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 10 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 78% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.19 by chance
$148,229
  • Match 511≈ 9.8 by chance$1,370
  • Match 4639≈ 648 by chance$26.00
  • Match 314,439≈ 15k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.4M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 14,439 winners, 2% fewer than the 15k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,400,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$148,229
    Match 511$1,370
    Match 4639$26.00
    Match 314,439$1.00
    Totals15,089—