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Treasure Hunt · draw

Saturday, 7 May 2022

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 18
  3. 22
  4. 28
  5. 29

Jackpot$12,000

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

Rules5/30 · since Apr 2010draw 4,039 of 5,671 under them

← 2022-05-06All recent draws2022-05-08 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 18 22 28 2929 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 7 May 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 49% of every possible ticket.

  • sum94th
  • odd9th
  • low9th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 673 of each

8624times
18694times
22705times
28664times
29

Prize breakdown · 2022-05-07

  • Lines in play≈ 60kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$22.6Kto 11k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.42

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$5.4K
  • Match 334%$7.6K
  • Match 243%$9.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.42 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 4

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657times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,038 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 5 numbers (8, 22, 28, 29) with the draw of 17 February 2022 — its closest relative in 4,038 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (6 May 2022): 8 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

105

The numbers add up to 105 — the 93th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. Side-by-side numbers: 28–29. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 23 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
54≈ 52 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,269≈ 1.3k by chance$6.00
  • Match 29,625≈ 9.6k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈60k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,269 winners, 1% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$10,000
    Match 454$100
    Match 31,269$6.00
    Match 29,625$1.00
    Totals10,948—