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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 August 2013

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 10
  4. 28
  5. 33
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,178,727

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

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 352 of 2,101 under them

← 2013-08-14All recent draws2013-08-21 →

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 feed3 6 10 28 33 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2013 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 47% of every possible ticket.

  • sum40th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread93th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 50 of each

348times
645times
1050times
2853times
33

Prize breakdown · 2013-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 309kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$52.3Kto 9.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$5.7K
  • Match 441%$21.3K
  • Match 348%$25.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$2,178,727
  2. Match 5

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63times
4248times

Every number was expected about that many times after 351 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 (3, 28, 33, 42) with the draw of 27 February 2013 — its closest relative in 351 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 48% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2013): 42 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

122

The numbers add up to 122 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. No two numbers side by side. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 16 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 18% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17≈ 13 by chance
$337
  • Match 4576≈ 556 by chance$37.00
  • Match 38,403≈ 8.4k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈309k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 576 winners, 4% more than the 556 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,178,727
    Match 517$337
    Match 4576$37.00
    Match 38,403$3.00