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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 12
  2. 18
  3. 23
  4. 36
  5. 37
  6. 42

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

Rules6/42 · since Aug 2020draw 314 of 644 under them

← 2023-08-12All recent draws2023-08-19 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed12 18 23 36 37 4229 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum92th
  • odd21th
  • low21th
  • widest gap52th
  • neighbours65th
  • spread41th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 45 of each

1245times
1843times
2331times
3642times
37

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 242kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$53.3Kto 7.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 520%$10.5K
  • Match 443%$23K
  • Match 337%$19.8K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$1,550,000
  2. Match 5

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44times
4238times

Every number was expected about that many times after 313 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 (12, 18, 23) with the draw of 12 July 2023 — its closest relative in 313 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (12 August 2023): 42 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

168

The numbers add up to 168 — the 91th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 36–37. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 10 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 0.5× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 33% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17≈ 10.0 by chance
$619
  • Match 4451≈ 436 by chance$51.00
  • Match 36,590≈ 6.6k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈242k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,590 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$1,550,000
    Match 517$619
    Match 4451$51.00
    Match 36,590$3.00
    Totals7,058—