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Treasure Hunt · draw

Sunday, 16 August 2020

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. 14
  5. 28

Jackpot$26,000

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

Rules5/30 · since Apr 2010draw 3,410 of 5,672 under them

← 2020-08-15All recent draws2020-08-17 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 12 13 14 2829 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

46oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 46 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 35% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd33th
  • low91th
  • widest gap85th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread63th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 568 of each

5600times
12592times
13564times
14571times
28

Prize breakdown · 2020-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 71kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$25.4Kto 13k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.50

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$5.6K
  • Match 333%$8.4K
  • Match 245%$11.4K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.50 by chance$26,000
  2. Match 4

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566times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,409 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 5 numbers (5, 12, 14, 28) with the draw of 23 July 2013 — its closest relative in 3,409 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2020): 28 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

72

The numbers add up to 72 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. Side-by-side numbers: 12–13, 13–14. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

14 had not appeared for 12 draws. A number waits about 6 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
56≈ 62 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,393≈ 1.5k by chance$6.00
  • Match 211,431≈ 11k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈71k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,393 winners, 7% fewer than the 1.5k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$26,000
    Match 456$100
    Match 31,393$6.00
    Match 211,431$1.00
    Totals12,880—