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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 25 August 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 10
  4. 31
  5. 38
  6. 39

Jackpot$6,554,244

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 875 of 2,099 under them

← 2018-08-22All recent draws2018-08-29 →

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 feed1 4 10 31 38 3929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum42th
  • odd50th
  • low50th
  • widest gap94th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread88th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 125 of each

1125times
4128times
10128times
31115times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-25

  • Lines in play≈ 424kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$6.6Mto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.08

Where the money went

  • Match 699%$6.6M
  • Match 40.5%$32.1K
  • Match 30.5%$34.6K
  • 1 other tier0.1%$8.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.08 by chance

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125times
39119times

Every number was expected about that many times after 874 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, 31, 38) with the draw of 2 June 2018 — its closest relative in 874 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2018): 10 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

123

The numbers add up to 123 — the 41th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 38–39. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

39 had not appeared for 7 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 20% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$6,554,244
  • Match 514≈ 17 by chance$623
  • Match 4747≈ 763 by chance$43.00
  • Match 311,534≈ 12k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈424k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 747 winners, 2% fewer than the 763 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$6,554,244
    Match 514$623
    Match 4747$43.00
    Match 311,534$3.00