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Take 5 · draw · evening

Friday, 20 August 2021

eveningTake 5

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 20
  3. 23
  4. 28
  5. 32

Jackpot$57,576

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 26 of 7,034 under them

← 2021-08-19All recent draws2021-08-21 →

Also drawn that day

  • 14 30
    1. 6
    2. 9
    3. 18
    4. 27
    5. 39

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 feed11 20 23 28 3229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

53oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 53 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 53% of every possible ticket.

  • sum72th
  • odd31th
  • low31th
  • widest gap18th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread20th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 3 of each

114times
202times
235times
283times
325times

Every number was expected about that many times after 25 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 2 of 5 numbers (23, 32) with the draw of 17 August 2021 — its closest relative in 25 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2021): 11 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

114

The numbers add up to 114 — the 71th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

28 had not appeared for 15 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 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 533kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$296.3Kto 61k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.93

Where the money went

  • Match 441%$121.6K
  • Match 340%$119.4K
  • Match 219%$55.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.93 by chance$57,576
  2. Match 4171≈ 157 by chance$711
  3. Match 34,973≈ 5.2k by chance$24.00
  4. Match 255,393≈ 55k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈533k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,973 winners, 4% fewer than the 5.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 50$57,576
Match 4171$711
Match 34,973$24.00
Match 255,393$1.00
Totals60,537—