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Take 5 · draw · evening

Saturday, 20 August 2022

eveningTake 5

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 6
  3. 10
  4. 23
  5. 37

Jackpot$37,369

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 276 of 7,034 under them

← 2022-08-19All recent draws2022-08-21 →

Also drawn that day

  • midday
    1. 3
    2. 14
    3. 28
    4. 30
    5. 38

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 feed2 6 10 23 3729 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 2022 — 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 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum18th
  • odd31th
  • low64th
  • widest gap60th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread91th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 35 of each

239times
629times
1029times
2336times
3737times

Every number was expected about that many times after 275 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 (6, 10, 37) with the draw of 6 June 2022 — its closest relative in 275 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (19 August 2022): 23 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

78

The numbers add up to 78 — the 18th 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

37 had not appeared for 27 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 1.1× 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 · 2022-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 412kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$229.6Kto 47k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.72

Where the money went

  • Match 424%$56K
  • Match 341%$93.4K
  • Match 219%$42.9K
  • 1 other tier16%$37.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.72 by chance$37,369
  2. Match 4146≈ 122 by chance$384
  3. Match 34,151≈ 4.0k by chance$22.50
  4. Match 242,857≈ 43k by chance$1.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈412k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 4,151 winners, 3% more than the 4.0k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 51$37,369
Match 4146$384
Match 34,151$22.50
Match 242,857$1.00
Totals47,155—