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Lotto · draw

Friday, 20 August 2021

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 16
  5. 17
  6. 21

Jackpot$1,400,000

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 1,215 of 1,752 under them

← 2021-08-17All recent draws2021-08-24 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed2 6 7 16 17 2129 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

25oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 25 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 5% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd50th
  • low99th
  • widest gap13th
  • neighbours93th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 166 of each

2184times
6159times
7146times
16172times
17

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 221kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.4Mto 5.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 61 winnerchance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 698%$1.4M
  • Match 50.8%$10.9K
  • Match 40.9%$12.5K
  • 1 other tier0.7%$10.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 61≈ 0.03 by chance

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179times
21168times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,214 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 (6, 7, 17, 21) with the draw of 9 January 2015 — its closest relative in 1,214 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 84% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2021): 21 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

69

The numbers add up to 69 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 135. Side-by-side numbers: 6–7, 16–17. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

6 had not appeared for 13 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 3.0× 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 →
$1,400,000
  • Match 518≈ 7.1 by chance$605
  • Match 4416≈ 330 by chance$30.00
  • Match 35,283≈ 5.3k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈221k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 5,283 winners, 0% more than the 5.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 61$1,400,000
    Match 518$605
    Match 4416$30.00
    Match 35,283$2.00
    Totals5,718—