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Lotto · draw

Monday, 20 August 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 15
  3. 27
  4. 30
  5. 43
  6. 47

Jackpot$11,500,000

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

Rules6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025draw 570 of 1,616 under them

← 2018-08-18All recent draws2018-08-23 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 15 27 30 43 4729 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Lotto was a 6/52 · Jan 2015 – Apr 2025 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 569 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd79th
  • low21th
  • widest gap27th
  • neighbours26th
  • spread80th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 66 of each

274times
1565times
2766times
3074times
43

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 530kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$168.9Kto 74k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 412%$20.5K
  • Match 322%$37.5K
  • Match 238%$63.8K
  • 6 other tiers28%$47.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10M100MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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69times
4760times

Every number was expected about that many times after 569 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 3 of 6 numbers (15, 27, 30) with the draw of 28 July 2018 — its closest relative in 569 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 August 2018): 2, 47 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

164

The numbers add up to 164 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 159. No two numbers side by side. 47% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

15 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 52% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$11,500,000
  • Match 55≈ 7.2 by chance$2,952
  • Match 4369≈ 404 by chance$55.50
  • Match 37,507≈ 7.9k by chance$5.00
  • Match 263,762≈ 64k by chance$1.00
  • Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,388
  • Match 3 + Extra Shot33$125
  • Match 2 + Extra Shot313$25.00
  • Match 1 + Extra Shot1,101$10.00
  • Match 0 + Extra Shot1,336$5.00
  • Match 5 + Extra Shot0no winners
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈530k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,507 winners, 5% fewer than the 7.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$11,500,000
    Match 5 + Extra Shot0$0.00
    Match 55$2,952
    Match 4 + Extra Shot2$1,388
    Match 4369$55.50
    Match 3 + Extra Shot33$125
    Match 37,507$5.00
    Match 2 + Extra Shot313$25.00
    Match 263,762$1.00
    Match 1 + Extra Shot1,101$10.00
    Match 0 + Extra Shot1,336$5.00
    Totals0—