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Lotto · draw

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 26
  4. 28
  5. 36
  6. 39

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 1,528 of 1,752 under them

← 2024-08-16All recent draws2024-08-23 →

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 5 26 28 36 3929 Aug 2026, 09:28 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 42% of every possible ticket.

  • sum51th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap92th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread73th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 208 of each

2230times
5201times
26196times
28198times
36

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 202kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$40.2Kto 5.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 535%$14.1K
  • Match 441%$16.4K
  • Match 324%$9.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$5,400,000
  2. Match 5

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209times
39211times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,527 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 (2, 28, 36, 39) with the draw of 15 November 2022 — its closest relative in 1,527 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 90% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2024): 28 carried over. Chance says 61% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 51th 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

2 had not appeared for 12 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 0.8× 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 →
5≈ 6.5 by chance
$2,827
  • Match 4283≈ 302 by chance$58.00
  • Match 34,834≈ 4.8k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈202k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,834 winners, 0% more than the 4.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$5,400,000
    Match 55$2,827
    Match 4283$58.00
    Match 34,834$2.00
    Totals5,122—