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Big Sky Bonus · draw

Sunday, 18 August 2024

ResultBig Sky Bonus

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 5
  3. 18
  4. 19

The crowdHeld 24% more than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024draw 2,831 of 2,889 under them

← 2024-08-17All recent draws2024-08-19 →

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 feed3 5 18 1929 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Big Sky Bonus was a 4/31 + 1/17 · Nov 2016 – Oct 2024 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 2,830 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 18 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

54oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 54 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 51% of every possible ticket.

  • sum14th
  • odd81th
  • low47th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours81th
  • spread30th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 365 of each

3370times
5388times
18375times
19401times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,830 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.

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-18

  • Lines in play≈ 1.7kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$1.2Kto 225 winning lines
  • Won something1 in 8lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.00

Where the money went

  • Match 1 plus Bonus23%$280
  • Match 0 plus Bonus46%$560
  • Match 222%$266
  • 2 other tiers10%$120
Tier1101001kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.00 by chance$4,561
  2. Match 4

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Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (3, 18, 19) with the draw of 19 May 2024 — its closest relative in 2,830 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2024): 5 carried over. Chance says 44% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

45

The numbers add up to 45 — the 13th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 64. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19. 35% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

19 had not appeared for 8 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 1.5× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
0≈ 0.05 by chance
$4,551
  • Match 3 plus Bonus0≈ 0.34 by chance$30.00
  • Match 33≈ 5.5 by chance$20.00
  • Match 2 plus Bonus5≈ 6.7 by chance$12.00
  • Match 1 plus Bonus28≈ 37 by chance$10.00
  • Match 0 plus Bonus56≈ 56 by chance$10.00
  • Match 2133≈ 108 by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈1.7k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 133 winners against 108 expected — a modest stretch for a count this size, the kind one tier in twenty shows.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 4 plus Bonus0$4,561
    Match 40$4,551
    Match 3 plus Bonus0$30.00
    Match 33$20.00
    Match 2 plus Bonus5$12.00
    Match 2133$2.00
    Match 1 plus Bonus28$10.00
    Match 0 plus Bonus56$10.00
    Totals225—