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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Saturday, 18 May 2024

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 14
  4. 34
  5. 45
  6. 46

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

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 3,097 of 3,990 under them

← 2024-05-17All recent draws2024-05-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 2 14 34 45 4629 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

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.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum41th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread91th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 379 of each

1368times
2383times
14369times
34358times
45

Prize breakdown · 2024-05-18

  • Lines in play≈ 17Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$115.7Kto 31k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 548lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 181,298 winnerschance said 1.2

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1833%$37.8K
  • Match 4 of 1835%$40.3K
  • Match 3 of 613%$15.2K
  • 4 other tiers19%$22.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in1,298≈ 1.2 by chance

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380times
46375times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,096 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (2, 14, 45, 46) with the draw of 5 October 2022 — its closest relative in 3,096 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2024): 2, 34, 46 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

142

The numbers add up to 142 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 1–2, 45–46. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 17 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$890,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in5,365≈ 312 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in16,385≈ 16k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 67,581≈ 299k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 180$2,500
  • Match 9 of 182$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1837$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18225$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈17M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 of 6 — 7,581 winners, 97% fewer than the 299k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably less popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 of 60$890,000
    Match 5 of 611$1,000
    Match 4 of 6420$20.00
    Match 3 of 67,581$2.00
    Match 10+ of 180$2,500
    Match 9 of 182$1,000
    Match 8 of 1837$50.00
    Match 7 of 18225$25.00
    Match 6 of 181,298$10.00
    Match 5 of 185,354$5.00
    Match 4 of 1815,965$2.00
    Totals30,893—