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Oz Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

ResultOz Lotto

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 20
  3. 21
  4. 29
  5. 37
  6. 38
  7. 40
  8. 23
  9. 31
  10. 46

JackpotA$15,000,000

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

Rules7/47 + 3/47 · since May 2022draw 119 of 231 under them

← 2024-08-13All recent draws2024-08-27 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:36 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed18 20 21 29 37 38 40 + 23 31 4629 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

34oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 34 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 13% of every possible ticket.

  • sum85th
  • odd33th
  • low33th
  • widest gap6th
  • neighbours88th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 18 of each

1818times
2015times
2130times
2917times
37

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 14Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outA$6.4Mto 267k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 70 winnerschance said 0.23

Where the money went

  • Match 64.3%A$277K
  • Match 433%A$2.1M
  • match_3_b53%A$3.4M
  • 3 other tiers10%A$617.6K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 70≈ 0.23 by chance

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21times
3818times
4016times

Every number was expected about that many times after 118 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 7 numbers (20, 21, 29, 40) with the draw of 4 July 2023 — its closest relative in 118 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 49% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2024): 21, 40 carried over. Chance says 70% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

203

The numbers add up to 203 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 168. Side-by-side numbers: 20–21, 37–38. 64% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

20 had not appeared for 28 draws. A number waits about 7 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 86% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
A$15,000,000
  • match_6_b4≈ 4.8 by chanceA$58,598
  • Match 654≈ 60 by chanceA$5,130
  • match_5_b505≈ 551 by chanceA$422
  • Match 53,210≈ 3.2k by chanceA$53.00
  • Match 476,024≈ 80k by chanceA$28.00
  • match_3_b187,643≈ 204k by chanceA$18.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_5_b — 505 winners, 8% fewer than the 551 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    match_3_b187,643A$18.00
    Match 476,024A$28.00
    Match 53,210A$53.00
    match_5_b505A$422
    Match 654A$5,130
    match_6_b4A$58,598
    Match 70A$15,000,000