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MultiMatch · draw

Thursday, 16 August 2018

ResultMultiMatch

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 20
  4. 26
  5. 29
  6. 42

Jackpot$1,100,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022draw 873 of 1,318 under them

← 2018-08-13All recent draws2018-08-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 12 20 26 29 4229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

MultiMatch was a 6/43 · Apr 2010 – Nov 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 872 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

69oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 69 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 89% of every possible ticket.

  • sum53th
  • odd20th
  • low48th
  • widest gap49th
  • neighbours23th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 122 of each

5112times
12105times
20128times
26120times
29

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110times
42117times

Every number was expected about that many times after 872 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (20, 26, 42) with the draw of 2 July 2018 — its closest relative in 872 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2018): 12, 29 carried over. Chance says 62% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

134

The numbers add up to 134 — the 52th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 132. No two numbers side by side. 55% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

42 had not appeared for 13 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 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 17% of the jackpot.

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

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