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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 18
  4. 28
  5. 36
  6. 40

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,545 of 2,105 under them

← 2024-08-19All recent draws2024-08-24 →

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 feed8 13 18 28 36 4029 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 68% of every possible ticket.

  • sum69th
  • odd5th
  • low50th
  • widest gap23th
  • neighbours22th
  • spread53th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 221 of each

8226times
13238times
18248times
28232times
36

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-21

  • Lines in play≈ 93kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$37.6Kto 2.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • Match 513%$4.8K
  • Match 431%$11.5K
  • Match 357%$21.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.02 by chance$1,145,772
  2. Match 54 rows folded in

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227times
40227times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,544 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 6 numbers (8, 18, 36, 40) with the draw of 19 January 2022 — its closest relative in 1,544 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2024): 8, 40 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

143

The numbers add up to 143 — the 68th 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

36 had not appeared for 11 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 28% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
7≈ 3.8 by chance
$500to $1,250
  • Match 44 rows folded in165≈ 168 by chance$50.00to $125
  • Match 34 rows folded in2,537≈ 2.5k by chance$6.00to $15.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈93k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,537 winners, 0% more than the 2.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,145,772
    Match 5 (5x Multiplier)0$1,250
    Match 5 (4x Multiplier)2$1,000
    Match 5 (3x Multiplier)1$750
    Match 5 (2x Multiplier)4$500
    Match 4 (5x Multiplier)17$125
    Match 4 (4x Multiplier)11$100
    Match 4 (3x Multiplier)57$75.00
    Match 4 (2x Multiplier)80$50.00
    Match 3 (5x Multiplier)267$15.00
    Match 3 (4x Multiplier)253$12.00
    Match 3 (3x Multiplier)728$9.00
    Match 3 (2x Multiplier)1,289$6.00
    Totals2,709—