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Match 6 Lotto · draw

Saturday, 17 August 2024

ResultMatch 6 Lotto

Single source
  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 10
  4. 23
  5. 26
  6. 42

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

Rules6/49 · since Apr 2011draw 3,188 of 3,989 under them

← 2024-08-16All recent draws2024-08-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed2 8 10 23 26 4229 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

47oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 47 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 36% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd5th
  • low77th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread67th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 390 of each

2393times
8371times
10387times
23383times
26

Prize breakdown · 2024-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 27Mas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$194.4Kto 51k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 538lines took a prize
  • Match 6 of 182,287 winnerschance said 2.0

Where the money went

  • Match 5 of 1829%$57.3K
  • Match 4 of 1834%$66.6K
  • Match 3 of 613%$25.2K
  • 5 other tiers23%$45.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 6 of 182 rows folded in2,287≈ 2.0 by chance

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376times
42396times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,187 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 6 numbers (8, 10, 23, 42) with the draw of 17 December 2022 — its closest relative in 3,187 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 96% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 August 2024): 23 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

8 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 1.8× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 26% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$1,550,000
  • Match 5 of 182 rows folded in9,071≈ 506 by chance$1,000
  • Match 4 of 182 rows folded in26,561≈ 27k by chance$20.00
  • Match 3 of 612,599≈ 484k by chance$2.00
  • Match 10+ of 181$2,500
  • Match 9 of 187$1,000
  • Match 8 of 1859$50.00
  • Match 7 of 18399$25.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈27M lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 5 of 18 — 9,071 winners, 1693% more than the 506 an even spread gives. The numbers drawn were noticeably more popular than average — a draw full of birthdays makes more small winners, a draw of high numbers fewer. That is the crowd, not the machine.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 6 of 60$1,550,000
    Match 5 of 612$1,000
    Match 4 of 6747$20.00
    Match 3 of 612,599$2.00
    Match 10+ of 181$2,500
    Match 9 of 187$1,000
    Match 8 of 1859$50.00
    Match 7 of 18399$25.00
    Match 6 of 182,287$10.00
    Match 5 of 189,059$5.00
    Match 4 of 1825,814$2.00
    Totals50,984—