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Canada Lotto 6/49 · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2022

ResultCanada Lotto 6/49

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 11
  4. 29
  5. 40
  6. 49
  7. 22

JackpotCA$10,210,980

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 + 1/49 · since Jan 2010draw 1,319 of 1,753 under them

← 2022-08-17All recent draws2022-08-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:37 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 5 11 29 40 49 + 2229 Aug 2026, 09:26 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2022 — 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 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum33th
  • odd94th
  • low48th
  • widest gap71th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread99th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 161 of each

1134times
5145times
11159times
29147times
40

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 4.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outCA$2.8Mto 697k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.33

Where the money went

  • Match 411%CA$325.9K
  • Match 330%CA$839K
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw35%CA$1M
  • 3 other tiers24%CA$672.1K
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.33 by chance

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169times
49161times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,318 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 6 numbers (1, 5, 11, 29) with the draw of 15 December 2010 — its closest relative in 1,318 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 73% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2022): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

135

The numbers add up to 135 — the 32th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 38% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
CA$10,210,980
  • Match 5 + Bonus1≈ 2.0 by chanceCA$205,709
  • Match 5238≈ 82 by chanceCA$720
  • Match 44,636≈ 4.4k by chanceCA$70.30
  • Match 2 + Bonus58,982≈ 56k by chanceCA$5.00
  • Match 383,895≈ 81k by chanceCA$10.00
  • Match 2549,373≈ 549k by chance—
  • Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈4.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Bonus — 58,982 winners, 5% more than the 56k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60CA$10,210,980
    Match 5 + Bonus1CA$205,709
    Match 5238CA$720
    Match 44,636CA$70.30
    Match 383,895CA$10.00
    Match 2 + Bonus58,982CA$5.00
    Match 2549,373CA$0.00
    Guaranteed Prize Draw1CA$1,000,000
    Totals697,126—