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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$2,900,000
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
Rules6/50 + 1/25 · since Apr 2025draw 205 of 682 under them
SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:44 UTC.
This draw, read by every tool
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 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 24 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 204 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 3 of 6 numbers (7, 20, 48) with the draw of 20 July 2026 — its closest relative in 204 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 97% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (15 August 2026): 22 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 171 — the 70th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 153. No two numbers side by side. 49% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →42 had not appeared for 13 draws. A number waits about 8 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 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 53% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Where the money went
The rings take the ≈185k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,878 winners, 7% fewer than the 3.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.
| Match | Winners | Prize each |
|---|---|---|
| Match 6 | 0 | $2,900,000 |
| Match 5 + Extra Shot | 0 | $76,838 |
| Match 5 | 2 | $3,074 |
| Match 4 + Extra Shot | 1 | $1,338 |
| Match 4 | 152 | $53.50 |
| Match 3 + Extra Shot | 29 | $125 |
| Match 3 | 2,878 | $5.00 |
| Match 2 + Extra Shot | 235 | $25.00 |
| Match 2 | 22,757 | $2.00 |
| Match 1 + Extra Shot | 817 | $10.00 |
| Match 0 + Extra Shot | 936 | $5.00 |
| Totals | 27,807 | — |