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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 22 August 2020

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 24
  5. 26
  6. 29

Jackpot$4,131,620

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,082 of 2,105 under them

← 2020-08-19All recent draws2020-08-26 →

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 feed4 12 15 24 26 2929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

51oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 51 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 45% of every possible ticket.

  • sum25th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap16th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 154 of each

4160times
12147times
15157times
24148times
26

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 202kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$84.7Kto 6.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.04

Where the money went

  • Match 58.3%$7K
  • Match 437%$31.4K
  • Match 355%$46.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.04 by chance$4,131,620
  2. Match 54 rows folded in

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145times
29165times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,081 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 (4, 15, 24, 29) with the draw of 12 June 2013 — its closest relative in 1,081 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 86% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2020): 24 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 25th 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

4 had not appeared for 25 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 2.2× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 8% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
9≈ 8.3 by chance
$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in441≈ 364 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in5,500≈ 5.5k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈202k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,500 winners, 0% more than the 5.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,131,620
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)3$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)0$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)1$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)5$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)45$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)53$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)132$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)211$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)535$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)594$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)1,632$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)2,739$6.00
    Totals5,950—