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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 28 August 2013

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 16
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 37
  6. 42

Jackpot$2,602,562

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 355 of 2,101 under them

← 2013-08-24All recent draws2013-08-31 →

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 16 18 21 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2013 — 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.

  • sum65th
  • odd21th
  • low79th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread77th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 51 of each

646times
1659times
1862times
2145times
37

Prize breakdown · 2013-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 268kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$2.7Mto 7.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 698%$2.6M
  • Match 40.8%$21.0K
  • Match 30.8%$21.9K
  • 1 other tier0.2%$5.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.05 by chance

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50times
4249times

Every number was expected about that many times after 354 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 6 numbers (16, 18, 42) with the draw of 14 August 2013 — its closest relative in 354 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (24 August 2013): 16 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 64th 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

37 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 25% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,602,562
  • Match 59≈ 11 by chance$626
  • Match 4477≈ 482 by chance$44.00
  • Match 37,287≈ 7.3k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈268k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,287 winners, 0% more than the 7.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$2,602,562
    Match 59$626
    Match 4477$44.00
    Match 37,287$3.00