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The Pick · draw

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

ResultThe Pick

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 11
  3. 20
  4. 23
  5. 31
  6. 42

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

Rules6/44 · since Apr 2010draw 1,627 of 1,962 under them

← 2024-08-19All recent draws2024-08-24 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:39 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 11 20 23 31 4229 Aug 2026, 09:27 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 80% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd79th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread73th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 222 of each

5222times
11217times
20191times
23235times
31

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-21

  • Lines in play≈ 322kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$82.1Kto 8.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 541%$34.0K
  • Match 431%$25.1K
  • Match 328%$23.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$6,300,000
  2. Match 5

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203times
42208times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,626 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 (5, 11, 20, 42) with the draw of 7 March 2020 — its closest relative in 1,626 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 92% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2024): 11 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

132

The numbers add up to 132 — the 45th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 23 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 1.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 19% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17≈ 10 by chance
$2,000
  • Match 4501≈ 480 by chance$50.00
  • Match 37,688≈ 7.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈322k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,688 winners, 0% more than the 7.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$6,300,000
    Match 517$2,000
    Match 4501$50.00
    Match 37,688$3.00
    Totals8,206—