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Classic Lotto 47 · draw

Saturday, 18 August 2018

ResultClassic Lotto 47

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 23
  4. 31
  5. 38
  6. 42

Jackpot$4,750,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/47 · since Apr 2010draw 871 of 1,877 under them

← 2018-08-15All recent draws2018-08-22 →

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 feed2 5 23 31 38 4229 Aug 2026, 09:31 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

72oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 72 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 93% of every possible ticket.

  • sum46th
  • odd48th
  • low48th
  • widest gap75th
  • neighbours24th
  • spread76th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 111 of each

2129times
5103times
23104times
31109times
38

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 570kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$138.5Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 48lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 516%$22.5K
  • Match 443%$59.4K
  • Match 341%$56.6K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$4,750,000
  2. Match 5

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122times
4294times

Every number was expected about that many times after 870 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 4 of 6 numbers (2, 5, 23, 42) with the draw of 6 August 2011 — its closest relative in 870 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 64% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 58% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

141

The numbers add up to 141 — the 46th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 144. No two numbers side by side. 51% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

31 had not appeared for 18 draws. A number waits about 8 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 36% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
9≈ 13 by chance
$2,500
  • Match 4594≈ 653 by chance$100
  • Match 311,313≈ 11k by chance$5.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈570k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 594 winners, 9% fewer than the 653 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$4,750,000
    Match 59$2,500
    Match 4594$100
    Match 311,313$5.00
    Totals11,916—