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Lotto America · draw

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

ResultLotto America

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. 24
  5. 31
  6. 9

Jackpot$2,050,000

The crowdHeld 6% more 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 291 of 1,155 under them

← 2020-08-22All recent draws2020-08-29 →

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 feed5 16 22 24 31 + 929 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 23% of every possible ticket.

  • sum15th
  • odd34th
  • low90th
  • widest gap14th
  • neighbours33th
  • spread16th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 28 of each

526times
1632times
2235times
2429times
31

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-26

  • Lines in play≈ 351kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$207.9Kto 37k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • match_2_1_b13%$26.5K
  • match_1_1_b27%$55.7K
  • match_0_1_b44%$91.5K
  • 4 other tiers16%$34.2K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0≈ 0.01 by chance

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29times
Stars · a separate 1-of-10 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

937times

Every number was expected about that many times after 290 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 5 numbers (5, 22, 24) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 4 March 2020 — its closest relative in 290 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 71% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (22 August 2020): 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

98

The numbers add up to 98 — the 14th 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

16 had not appeared for 15 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 2.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 4% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,050,000
  • match_5_0_b2 rows folded in0≈ 0.12 by chance$20,000
  • match_4_1_b2 rows folded in4≈ 3.2 by chance$1,000
  • match_4_0_b2 rows folded in27≈ 29 by chance$100
  • match_3_1_b2 rows folded in156≈ 146 by chance$20.00
  • match_3_0_b2 rows folded in1,480≈ 1.3k by chance$5.00
  • match_2_1_b2 rows folded in2,351≈ 2.2k by chance$5.00
  • match_1_1_b2 rows folded in12,487≈ 12k by chance$2.00
  • match_0_1_b2 rows folded in20,702≈ 21k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈351k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: match_3_0_b — 1,480 winners, 13% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were a little more popular than average — that is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 0 plus Bonus Ball14,440$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus Ball8,643$2.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus Ball1,616$5.00
    Match 31,022$5.00
    Match 3 plus Bonus Ball103$20.00
    Match 418$100
    Match 4 plus Bonus Ball4$1,000
    Match 50$20,000
    Match 5 plus Bonus Ball0$2,050,000
    match_0_1_b6,262$10.00
    match_1_1_b3,844$10.00
    match_2_1_b735$25.00
    match_3_0_b458$25.00
    match_3_1_b53$100
    match_4_0_b9$500
    match_4_1_b0$5,000
    match_5_0_b0$100,000