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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 6
  3. 18
  4. 20
  5. 26
  6. 30

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,292 of 2,103 under them

← 2022-08-27All recent draws2022-09-03 →

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 6 18 20 26 3029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 31 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 37% of every possible ticket.

  • sum16th
  • odd5th
  • low79th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread36th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 184 of each

1179times
6196times
18211times
20184times
26

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-31

  • Lines in play≈ 143kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$55.6Kto 4.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 54.0%$2.3K
  • Match 437%$20.4K
  • Match 359%$32.9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,497,325
  2. Match 54 rows folded in

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162times
30173times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,291 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 (18, 20, 26, 30) with the draw of 29 April 2020 — its closest relative in 1,291 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 91% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2022): 18, 30 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

26 had not appeared for 35 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
3≈ 5.9 by chance
$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in293≈ 258 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in3,893≈ 3.9k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈143k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,893 winners, 0% more than the 3.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,497,325
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)0$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)1$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)1$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)1$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)33$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)25$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)80$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)155$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)405$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)408$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)1,162$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)1,918$6.00
    Totals4,189—