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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
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Reading the draws and working out what chance predicts.
US · MD · ball game
Latest drawFriday, 28 August 2026
Jackpot$50,000
SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 08:40 UTC.
6 numbers from 1–38. 5,978 draws held here since 2010-04-07 — 6 under the current rules.
Bonus Match 5 changed its number pool then, which started a new era. Only the 6 draws since count towards number statistics — mixing draws from before a rule change would make any frequency meaningless.
Your numbers, read by every tool
Type the numbers you always play. Has the line ever come up? How close has Bonus Match 5 come? What has each number done, what does the line look like, and has the same set turned up anywhere else in the world?
Every tool, for this game
Each one opens with Bonus Match 5 already selected. The line under every title is true of this game’s rules right now — not a promise about its next draw.

In 6 draws every number is expected about 1 times, and a ball favoured by more than 382% over its share would already have shown — see which ones strayed, and how far chance allows.

A number waits 6 draws on average; 5% of the time it waits 19 or more. It is never “due”.

The 6 numbers add up to about 117, give or take 25. Most tickets sit in that bell — and so do most draws.

59.9% of draws contain two numbers side by side. That is the rules talking, not luck.

703 possible pairs, each expected together 0.1 times so far — and about 7 will look “special” by chance alone.

All 38 numbers as a constellation of who appeared with whom — indistinguishable from a shuffled sky.

67% of draws repeat a number from the draw before. A whole draw repeating: 0.0% likely by now.

Sorted, the numbers sit about 5.6 apart on average — and every “spread” you can name is exactly as likely as every other.

It takes about 25 draws for every one of the 38 numbers to appear at least once. The last few are the slow ones.

2,760,681 possible tickets. Every one has a face — and a typicality score you can look up.

Seven independent tests of randomness run live against all 6 draws. Any of them can fail; watch whether they do.

The lowest number lands near 6, the highest near 33. Position is a property of sorting, not of the balls.

6/38 rescaled onto the same axes as every other game here. One law, many machines.

Six documented cases of a beaten lottery. Not one involved patterns in past draws.

What the world believes about 7, 8, 13 and 17 — and what every machine says back.

At 30 million tickets, an average line keeps about 9% of a jackpot it wins. Unpopular numbers keep more — and still lose money.

A full wheel of 10 numbers here is 210 tickets. A guarantee is real; a profit is not.

Five folk claims about 6/38 games, each answered with the closed form that kills it — never a tip for the next draw.
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This is a without-replacement ball game; the Digit Laboratory is for Pick 3 and Pick 4.
Not for this game
The Chernoff Map reads the straight tier of a digit game, which counts tickets on one exact number; a ball game has no such row.
Not for this game
This game draws once a day, so it has no second draw to compare its first with.
Not for this gameThis draw, read by every tool
What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.
Scored 63 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 74% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 5 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 →Shares 3 of 6 numbers (6, 11, 16) with the draw of 24 August 2026 — its closest relative in 5 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 18% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (27 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 67% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 115 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 117. Side-by-side numbers: 16–17, 32–33. 60% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →32 had not appeared for 5 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Open any draw to read it by every tool — the same six readings the latest result gets above, each against what chance predicted at the time.
SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 08:40 UTC.
SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 08:40 UTC.
SourcesSources disagree on this draw — Primary reports different numbers. The reading most sources give is shown. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 08:40 UTC.
Every number was expected about that many times after 5 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.
Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 1 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 4 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 →Shares 2 of 6 numbers (18, 19) with the draw of 25 August 2026 — its closest relative in 4 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 66% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (26 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 67% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 139 — the 80th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 117. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 30–31. 60% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →30 had not appeared for 3 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 6% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 49 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 40% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 3 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 →Shares 3 of 6 numbers (20, 23, 27) with the draw of 25 August 2026 — its closest relative in 3 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 11% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (25 August 2026): 20, 23, 27 carried over. Chance says 67% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 144 — the 85th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 117. Side-by-side numbers: 22–23. 60% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →38 had not appeared for 3 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.8× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 11% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 66 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 2 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 →Shares 1 of 6 numbers (18) with the draw of 23 August 2026 — its closest relative in 2 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 89% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (24 August 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 67% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 111 — the 40th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 117. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 19–20. 60% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →18 had not appeared for 2 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 5% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 32% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 1 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 →Shares 2 of 6 numbers (6, 16) with the draw of 23 August 2026 — its closest relative in 1 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 23% likelihood somewhere in that history.
From the draw just before (23 August 2026): 6, 16 carried over. Chance says 67% of draws repeat at least one number.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 88 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 117. No two numbers side by side. 60% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →6 had not appeared for 1 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 2.1× 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 →Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 50% of every possible ticket.
Times drawn before — chance expected 0 of each
Every number was expected about that many times after 0 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 →No earlier draws to compare against yet.
Carry-over / Déjà Vu →The numbers add up to 115 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 117. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 60% of draws have at least one such pair.
Sum Distribution →Every number here is appearing for the first time.
Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →A line like this is played about 0.7× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 14% of the jackpot.
Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.
The Unpopular Numbers Edge →