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Take 5 · draw

Monday, 20 August 2018

ResultTake 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 28

Jackpot$61,924

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

Rules5/39 · since Apr 2010draw 3,057 of 6,988 under them

← 2018-08-19All recent draws2018-08-21 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:51 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 13 23 24 2829 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

58oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 58 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 69% of every possible ticket.

  • sum44th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours75th
  • spread17th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 392 of each

8382times
13379times
23389times
24368times
28

Prize breakdown · 2018-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 796kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$391.4Kto 91k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$92.8K
  • Match 339%$153.9K
  • Match 221%$82.8K
  • 1 other tier16%$61.9K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 1.4 by chance$61,924

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348times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,056 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 3 of 5 numbers (13, 24, 28) with the draw of 15 July 2018 — its closest relative in 3,056 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2018): 28 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

96

The numbers add up to 96 — the 43th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. Side-by-side numbers: 23–24. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 had not appeared for 5 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 →
  • Match 4283≈ 235 by chance$328
  • Match 38,102≈ 7.8k by chance$19.00
  • Match 282,762≈ 83k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈796k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 8,102 winners, 4% more than the 7.8k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$61,924
    Match 4283$328
    Match 38,102$19.00
    Match 282,762$1.00
    Totals91,148—