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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
Lotto · draw
ResultLotto
Jackpot$9,484,399
Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at
Rules6/42 · since Apr 2010draw 1,855 of 2,098 under them
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:40 UTC.
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What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 35 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 14% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 265 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1,854 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 →Shares 4 of 6 numbers (4, 21, 36, 37) with the draw of 23 June 2025 — its closest relative in 1,854 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (15 August 2026): 35 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 172 — the 94th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 35–36, 36–37. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →4 had not appeared for 20 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 →A line like this is played about 0.3× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 43% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈229k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,231 winners, 0% more than the 6.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 6 | 0 | $9,484,399 |
| Match 5 (5x Multiplier) | 2 | $1,250 |
| Match 5 (4x Multiplier) | 1 | $1,000 |
| Match 5 (3x Multiplier) | 3 | $750 |
| Match 5 (2x Multiplier) | 10 | $500 |
| Match 4 (5x Multiplier) | 53 | $125 |
| Match 4 (4x Multiplier) | 41 | $100 |
| Match 4 (3x Multiplier) | 120 | $75.00 |
| Match 4 (2x Multiplier) | 229 | $50.00 |
| Match 3 (5x Multiplier) | 651 | $15.00 |
| Match 3 (4x Multiplier) | 606 | $12.00 |
| Match 3 (3x Multiplier) | 1,813 | $9.00 |
| Match 3 (2x Multiplier) | 3,161 | $6.00 |
| Totals | 6,690 | — |