LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Cash 25 · draw

Friday, 18 May 2018

ResultCash 25

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 10
  3. 14
  4. 16
  5. 20
  6. 23

Jackpot$25,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/25 · since Apr 2010draw 1,693 of 3,452 under them

← 2018-05-17All recent draws2018-05-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 10 14 16 20 2329 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 May 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

45oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 45 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 31% of every possible ticket.

  • sum71th
  • odd3th
  • low17th
  • widest gap25th
  • neighbours11th
  • spread50th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 406 of each

4422times
10393times
14423times
16406times
20

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

426times
23408times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,692 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 5 of 6 numbers (4, 10, 16, 20, 23) with the draw of 24 August 2012 — its closest relative in 1,692 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 67% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 May 2018): 10, 14, 20 carried over. Chance says 85% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

87

The numbers add up to 87 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. No two numbers side by side. 78% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 7 draws. A number waits about 4 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 →