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Lightning Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

ResultLightning Lotto

Single source
  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 16
  4. 35
  5. 37

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/49 · since May 2026draw 85 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 feed10 11 16 35 37 + 67 Oct 2026, 05:06 UTCdiffers

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum30th
  • odd65th
  • low65th
  • widest gap68th
  • neighbours80th
  • spread23th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 9 of each

1010times
114times
1617times
354times
37

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14times

Every number was expected about that many times after 84 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 3 of 5 numbers (10, 11, 35) with the draw of 16 August 2026 — its closest relative in 84 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 35% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 43% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

109

The numbers add up to 109 — the 30th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 125. Side-by-side numbers: 10–11. 36% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

16 had not appeared for 11 draws. A number waits about 10 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

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