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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 17
  3. 23
  4. 26
  5. 30
  6. 39

Jackpot$1,827,285

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 562 of 2,099 under them

← 2015-08-22All recent draws2015-08-29 →

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 feed9 17 23 26 30 3929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2015 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum70th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 80 of each

968times
1789times
2378times
2672times
30

Prize breakdown · 2015-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 254kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.9Mto 7.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 698%$1.8M
  • Match 41.0%$18.3K
  • Match 31.1%$20.7K
  • 1 other tier0.3%$4.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.05 by chance

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71times
3974times

Every number was expected about that many times after 561 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 (9, 17, 23, 30) with the draw of 15 August 2015 — its closest relative in 561 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2015): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 69th 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

26 had not appeared for 4 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 15% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,827,285
  • Match 55≈ 10 by chance$983
  • Match 4508≈ 457 by chance$36.00
  • Match 36,911≈ 6.9k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈254k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,911 winners, 0% more than the 6.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$1,827,285
    Match 55$983
    Match 4508$36.00
    Match 36,911$3.00