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Lotto · draw

Friday, 10 August 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 1
  2. 5
  3. 8
  4. 26
  5. 28
  6. 42

Jackpot$4,800,000

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

Rules6/44 · since Jan 2010draw 899 of 1,751 under them

← 2018-08-07All recent draws2018-08-14 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:41 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed1 5 8 26 28 4229 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 10 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum20th
  • odd21th
  • low50th
  • widest gap81th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread94th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 122 of each

1149times
5122times
8134times
26116times
28

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-10

  • Lines in play≈ 274kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$46.6Kto 7.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 511 winnerschance said 8.9

Where the money went

  • Match 533%$15.6K
  • Match 438%$17.9K
  • Match 328%$13.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 511≈ 8.9 by chance$1,417
  2. Match 4

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115times
42122times

Every number was expected about that many times after 898 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 (1, 8, 28, 42) with the draw of 18 May 2018 — its closest relative in 898 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 75% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (7 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

110

The numbers add up to 110 — the 20th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. No two numbers side by side. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 16 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 17% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
437≈ 410 by chance
$41.00
  • Match 36,553≈ 6.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈274k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,553 winners, 0% more than the 6.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60—
    Match 511$1,417
    Match 4437$41.00
    Match 36,553$2.00
    Totals7,001—