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:🇳🇿 0800 654 655all helplines →

Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 7
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 29
  5. 36
  6. 38
  7. 20

JackpotNZ$1,000,000

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

Rules6/40 + 1/40 · since Nov 2011draw 1,026 of 1,359 under them

← 2023-08-12All recent draws2023-08-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:38 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed7 17 19 29 36 38 + 2029 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 71% of every possible ticket.

  • sum80th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours21th
  • spread56th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 154 of each

7149times
17166times
19182times
29164times
36

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 18Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid outNZ$4.4Mto 587k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 30lines took a prize
  • Match 68 winnerschance said 4.6

Where the money went

  • Match 623%NZ$1M
  • Match 425%NZ$1.1M
  • Match 3 + Bonus24%NZ$1.1M
  • 3 other tiers28%NZ$1.2M
Tier1101001k10k100k1MWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 68≈ 4.6 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

139times
38142times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,025 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 (7, 29, 36, 38) with the draw of 5 July 2023 — its closest relative in 1,025 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 August 2023): 19 carried over. Chance says 65% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

146

The numbers add up to 146 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 123. No two numbers side by side. 58% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

29 had not appeared for 10 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 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
NZ$125,000
  • Match 5 + Bonus32≈ 28 by chanceNZ$17,094
  • Match 5900≈ 911 by chanceNZ$603
  • Match 4 + Bonus2,221≈ 2.3k by chanceNZ$56.00
  • Match 436,078≈ 36k by chanceNZ$30.00
  • Match 3 + Bonus45,921≈ 49k by chanceNZ$23.00
  • Match 3501,805≈ 502k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈18M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 + Bonus — 45,921 winners, 5% fewer than the 49k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 68NZ$125,000
    Match 5 + Bonus32NZ$17,094
    Match 5900NZ$603
    Match 4 + Bonus2,221NZ$56.00
    Match 436,078NZ$30.00
    Match 3 + Bonus45,921NZ$23.00
    Match 3501,805NZ$0.00
    Totals586,965—