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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 8 August 2015

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 10
  4. 16
  5. 20
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,225,097

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 557 of 2,099 under them

← 2015-08-05All recent draws2015-08-12 →

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 feed5 8 10 16 20 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 8 August 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

23oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 23 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 4% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd5th
  • low95th
  • widest gap96th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread83th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 79 of each

592times
875times
1083times
1682times
20

Prize breakdown · 2015-08-08

  • Lines in play≈ 270kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$44.0Kto 7.8k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$4.7K
  • Match 439%$17.2K
  • Match 350%$22.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,225,097
  2. Match 5

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86times
4274times

Every number was expected about that many times after 556 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 (8, 16, 20, 42) with the draw of 17 September 2011 — its closest relative in 556 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (5 August 2015): 16 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

101

The numbers add up to 101 — the 16th 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

10 had not appeared for 17 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 12% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
13≈ 11 by chance
$361
  • Match 4479≈ 487 by chance$36.00
  • Match 37,352≈ 7.4k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈270k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,352 winners, 0% more than the 7.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,225,097
    Match 513$361
    Match 4479$36.00
    Match 37,352$3.00