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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 August 2024

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 24
  6. 28

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 419 of 644 under them

← 2024-08-14All recent draws2024-08-21 →

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 feed8 10 22 23 24 2829 Aug 2026, 09:30 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 18% of every possible ticket.

  • sum31th
  • odd5th
  • low21th
  • widest gap42th
  • neighbours92th
  • spread6th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 60 of each

872times
1062times
2272times
2344times
24

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 171kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$34Kto 5.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 34lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 518%$6.2K
  • Match 441%$13.8K
  • Match 341%$14K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$575,000
  2. Match 5

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57times
2869times

Every number was expected about that many times after 418 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 (8, 10, 24, 28) with the draw of 3 May 2023 — its closest relative in 418 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 54% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (14 August 2024): 22, 28 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 31th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 129. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23, 23–24. 56% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 14 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 2.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 7% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
11≈ 7.1 by chance
$567
  • Match 4336≈ 308 by chance$41.00
  • Match 34,661≈ 4.7k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈171k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,661 winners, 0% more than the 4.7k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$575,000
    Match 511$567
    Match 4336$41.00
    Match 34,661$3.00
    Totals5,008—