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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 August 2017

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 6
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 18
  5. 29
  6. 31

Jackpot$2,002,886

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 768 of 2,099 under them

← 2017-08-12All recent draws2017-08-19 →

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 9 10 18 29 3129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd50th
  • low79th
  • widest gap32th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 110 of each

6101times
996times
10110times
18128times
29

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 263kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$44.1Kto 7.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 511%$4.9K
  • Match 440%$17.8K
  • Match 349%$21.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$2,002,886
  2. Match 5

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122times
31104times

Every number was expected about that many times after 767 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, 10, 18, 31) with the draw of 10 October 2015 — its closest relative in 767 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 76% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 August 2017): 29 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

103

The numbers add up to 103 — the 17th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 9–10. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

10 had not appeared for 23 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 2.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
5≈ 11 by chance
$973
  • Match 4538≈ 474 by chance$33.00
  • Match 37,160≈ 7.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈263k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,160 winners, 0% more than the 7.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,002,886
    Match 55$973
    Match 4538$33.00
    Match 37,160$3.00