LotteryOracle
GamesForecastPlaygroundCase filesMy numbers

Loading…

Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.

LotteryOracle

LotteryOracle reports what happened; it does not predict what is next. Every draw is independent — no number is ever "due".

GamesPlaygroundCase filesThe weekDataAboutMethodologyPrivacy
Built byejoyful

Responsible play.A lottery costs more than it pays back; if it stops being fun, help is free and confidential:🇺🇸 1-800-GAMBLERall helplines →

Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 20
  3. 26
  4. 30
  5. 41
  6. 9

Jackpot$7,230,000

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 85 of 1,155 under them

← 2018-09-01All recent draws2018-09-08 →

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 feed13 20 26 30 41 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 5 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

61oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 61 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.

  • sum47th
  • odd34th
  • low66th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours33th
  • spread21th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

1310times
207times
269times
309times
41

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-05

  • Lines in play≈ 496kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$185Kto 51k 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_b11%$20K
  • match_1_1_b23%$42K
  • match_0_1_b40%$74.4K
  • 5 other tiers26%$48.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.02 by chance

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

5times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 8 of each

910times

Every number was expected about that many times after 84 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 (20, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 29 August 2018 — its closest relative in 84 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (1 September 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

130

The numbers add up to 130 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 133. No two numbers side by side. 34% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

41 had not appeared for 30 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 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 9% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,230,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in1≈ 0.17 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in8≈ 4.5 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in35≈ 40 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in194≈ 206 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in1,758≈ 1.9k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in2,948≈ 3.1k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in16,624≈ 17k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in29,255≈ 29k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈496k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 1,758 winners, 5% fewer than the 1.9k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball21,320$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball12,224$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball2,181$5.00
    Match 31,313$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball137$20.00
    Match 430$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball6$1,000
    Match 51$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$7,230,000
    match_0_1_b7,935$4.00
    match_1_1_b4,400$4.00
    match_2_1_b767$10.00
    match_3_0_b445$10.00
    match_3_1_b57$40.00
    match_4_0_b5$200
    match_4_1_b2$2,000
    match_5_0_b0$40,000