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Match 5 · draw

Tuesday, 23 August 2022

ResultMatch 5

Single source
  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 18
  4. 21
  5. 28

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

Rules5/35 · since Apr 2021draw 206 of 1,509 under them

← 2022-08-20All recent draws2022-08-25 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed13 14 18 21 2829 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 23 August 2022 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

52oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 52 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 52% of every possible ticket.

  • sum57th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours72th
  • spread8th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 29 of each

1335times
1426times
1835times
2131times
28

Prize breakdown · 2022-08-23

  • Lines in play≈ 65kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$14.7Kto 9.1k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 7lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.20

Where the money went

  • Match 435%$5.2K
  • Match 365%$9.5K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.20 by chance$110,000
  2. Match 4

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28times

Every number was expected about that many times after 205 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 5 numbers (13, 18, 21, 28) with the draw of 17 May 2022 — its closest relative in 205 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 9.1% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2022): 18 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

94

The numbers add up to 94 — the 56th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 90. Side-by-side numbers: 13–14. 48% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

13 had not appeared for 4 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
26≈ 30 by chance
$200
  • Match 3953≈ 871 by chance$10.00
  • Match 28,126≈ 8.1k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈65k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 953 winners, 9% more than the 871 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$110,000
    Match 426$200
    Match 3953$10.00
    Match 28,126$0.00
    Totals9,105—