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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 10
  3. 19
  4. 20
  5. 26
  6. 30

Jackpot$2,289,672

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 456 of 2,099 under them

← 2014-08-16All recent draws2014-08-23 →

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 feed2 10 19 20 26 3029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

43oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 43 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 28% of every possible ticket.

  • sum22th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread31th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 65 of each

262times
1065times
1965times
2074times
26

Prize breakdown · 2014-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 289kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$55.0Kto 8.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.06

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$10.9K
  • Match 437%$20.4K
  • Match 343%$23.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.06 by chance$2,289,672
  2. Match 5

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53times
3055times

Every number was expected about that many times after 455 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 (10, 19, 26) with the draw of 14 June 2014 — its closest relative in 455 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2014): 2 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

107

The numbers add up to 107 — the 21th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 19–20. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 19 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more 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 →
9≈ 12 by chance
$1,216
  • Match 4538≈ 521 by chance$38.00
  • Match 37,874≈ 7.9k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈289k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 538 winners, 3% more than the 521 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,289,672
    Match 59$1,216
    Match 4538$38.00
    Match 37,874$3.00