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New York Lotto · draw

Saturday, 19 May 2018

ResultNew York Lotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 38
  3. 41
  4. 56
  5. 57
  6. 59
  7. 35

Jackpot$8,600,000

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 792 of 1,672 under them

← 2018-05-16All recent draws2018-05-23 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed3 38 41 56 57 59 + 3529 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 19 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd77th
  • low5th
  • widest gap98th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread96th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

378times
3861times
4189times
5675times
57

Prize breakdown · 2018-05-19

  • Lines in play≈ 1.2Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$43.6Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 94lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 534%$14.9K
  • Match 438%$16.6K
  • Match 328%$12.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$8,600,000
  2. Match 5 + Bonus

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72times
5982times

Every number was expected about that many times after 791 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 (41, 57, 59) with the draw of 24 August 2016 — its closest relative in 791 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 May 2018): 3, 57 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

254

The numbers add up to 254 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 180. Side-by-side numbers: 56–57. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

59 had not appeared for 36 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 0.4× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 87% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.16 by chance
$19,605
  • Match 56≈ 8.2 by chance$2,478
  • Match 4552≈ 546 by chance$30.00
  • Match 312,159≈ 12k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.2M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 12,159 winners, 2% fewer than the 12k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$8,600,000
    Match 5 + Bonus0$19,605
    Match 56$2,478
    Match 4552$30.00
    Match 312,159$1.00
    Totals12,717—