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SuperLotto Plus · draw

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

ResultSuperLotto Plus

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 24
  4. 27
  5. 38
  6. 5

Jackpot$29,000,000

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

Rules5/47 + 1/27 · since Jan 2010draw 906 of 1,751 under them

← 2018-09-01All recent draws2018-09-08 →

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 feed6 8 24 27 38 + 529 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

66oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 87% of every possible ticket.

  • sum28th
  • odd9th
  • low65th
  • widest gap53th
  • neighbours31th
  • spread46th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 96 of each

698times
899times
24104times
2798times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-05

  • Lines in play≈ 2.6Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$393.5Kto 111k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 23lines took a prize
  • Match 5 + Mega Ball0 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 2 + Mega Ball17%$67.5K
  • Match 332%$125.4K
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball14%$53.2K
  • 5 other tiers37%$147.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 5 + Mega Ball0≈ 0.06 by chance

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93times
Stars · a separate 1-of-27 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 34 of each

526times

Every number was expected about that many times after 905 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 3 of 5 numbers (6, 27, 38) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 5 August 2017 — its closest relative in 905 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 99% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 September 2018): 27 carried over. Chance says 45% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (4% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 28th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 120. No two numbers side by side. 37% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 12 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 1.3× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$29,000,000
  • Match 51≈ 1.6 by chance$36,469
  • Match 4 + Mega Ball12≈ 13 by chance$1,519
  • Match 4339≈ 342 by chance$89.00
  • Match 3 + Mega Ball562≈ 539 by chance$48.00
  • Match 2 + Mega Ball7,498≈ 7.2k by chance$9.00
  • Match 313,931≈ 14k by chance$9.00
  • Match 1 + Mega Ball35,511≈ 35k by chance$1.00
  • Match 0 + Mega Ball53,236≈ 53k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈2.6M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 + Mega Ball — 7,498 winners, 4% more than the 7.2k 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$29,000,000
    Match 51$36,469
    Match 4 + Mega Ball12$1,519
    Match 4339$89.00
    Match 3 + Mega Ball562$48.00
    Match 313,931$9.00
    Match 2 + Mega Ball7,498$9.00
    Match 1 + Mega Ball35,511$1.00
    Match 0 + Mega Ball53,236$1.00
    Totals111,090—