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Lightning Lotto · draw

Monday, 17 August 2026

ResultLightning Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 32
  4. 38
  5. 42

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/49 · since May 2026draw 84 of 139 under them

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Where this result came from

SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 8 Sept 2026, 03:15 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 8 32 38 42 + 1810 Oct 2026, 04:06 UTCdiffers

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

49oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd1th
  • low32th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours32th
  • spread75th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

27times
85times
328times
388times
42

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6times

Every number was expected about that many times after 83 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 2 of 5 numbers (32, 38) with the draw of 25 July 2026 — its closest relative in 83 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 43% of draws repeat at least one number.

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Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 125. No two numbers side by side. 36% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 23 draws. A number waits about 10 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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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 9% of the jackpot.

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

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