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Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 22 August 2018

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 20
  2. 22
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. 51
  6. 7

Jackpot$6,650,000

The crowdHeld 3% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/52 + 1/10 · since Nov 2017draw 81 of 1,155 under them

← 2018-08-18All recent draws2018-08-25 →

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 feed20 22 25 26 51 + 729 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 22 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

48oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 48 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 38% of every possible ticket.

  • sum64th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap86th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread30th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

205times
2211times
2511times
267times
51

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 519kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$228.1Kto 54k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.02

Where the money went

  • match_5_0_b26%$60K
  • match_1_1_b20%$45.3K
  • match_0_1_b34%$77.6K
  • 5 other tiers20%$45.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

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9times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

77times

Every number was expected about that many times after 80 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 2 of 5 numbers (22, 25) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 14 April 2018 — its closest relative in 80 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 41% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (10% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

144

The numbers add up to 144 — the 63th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. Side-by-side numbers: 25–26. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 10 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 1.2× 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 →
$6,650,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in2≈ 0.18 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in4≈ 4.7 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in34≈ 42 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in206≈ 216 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in1,715≈ 1.9k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in3,116≈ 3.2k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in17,935≈ 18k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in30,653≈ 31k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈519k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 1,715 winners, 12% fewer than the 1.9k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little less popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball22,501$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball13,234$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2,300$5.00
    Match 31,276$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball151$20.00
    Match 422$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball3$1,000
    Match 51$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$6,650,000
    match_0_1_b8,152$4.00
    match_1_1_b4,701$4.00
    match_2_1_b816$10.00
    match_3_0_b439$10.00
    match_3_1_b55$40.00
    match_4_0_b12$200
    match_4_1_b1$2,000
    match_5_0_b1$40,000