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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Saturday, 18 August 2012

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 18
  3. 19
  4. 42
  5. 43
  6. 25

Jackpot$13,000,000

The crowdHeld 5% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 275 of 1,751 under them

← 2012-08-15All recent draws2012-08-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 18 19 42 43 + 2529 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2012 — 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 41% of every possible ticket.

  • sum58th
  • odd32th
  • low65th
  • widest gap88th
  • neighbours97th
  • spread78th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

432times
1828times
1933times
4235times
43

Prize breakdown · 2012-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 3.5Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$635.3Kto 148k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 24lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.09

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball16%$102.0K
  • Match 331%$199.7K
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball15%$93.6K
  • 5 other tiers38%$239.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.09 by chance

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31times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 10 of each

2511times

Every number was expected about that many times after 274 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 5 numbers (4, 18, 19, 43) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 8 May 2010 — its closest relative in 274 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 3.7% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2012): 18 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

126

The numbers add up to 126 — the 57th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 42–43. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

4 had not appeared for 14 draws. A number waits about 9 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than 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.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$13,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 2.2 by chance$54,478
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball22≈ 18 by chance$1,238
  • Match 4424≈ 465 by chance$107
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball696≈ 734 by chance$58.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball9,274≈ 9.8k by chance$11.00
  • Match 318,158≈ 19k by chance$11.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball46,810≈ 48k by chance$2.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball72,482≈ 72k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈3.5M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Mega Ball — 9,274 winners, 5% fewer than the 9.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 5 + Mega Ball0$13,000,000
    Match 51$54,478
    Match 4 + Mega Ball22$1,238
    Match 4424$107
    Match 3 + Mega Ball696$58.00
    Match 318,158$11.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball9,274$11.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball46,810$2.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball72,482$1.00
    Totals147,867—