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Treasure Hunt · draw

Thursday, 17 September 2020

ResultTreasure Hunt

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

Jackpot$10,000

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 3,442 of 5,673 under them

← 2020-09-16All recent draws2020-09-18 →

Where this result came from

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

  • Primarycommercial feed2 5 6 10 2329 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

50oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 50 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 44% of every possible ticket.

  • sum4th
  • odd33th
  • low91th
  • widest gap79th
  • neighbours67th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 574 of each

2611times
5605times
6584times
10607times
23

Prize breakdown · 2020-09-17

  • Lines in play≈ 64kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$36.6Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.45

Where the money went

  • Match 532%$11.8K
  • Match 324%$8.8K
  • Match 228%$10.3K
  • 1 other tier16%$5.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.45 by chance$11,796

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554times

Every number was expected about that many times after 3,441 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, 6, 10, 23) with the draw of 21 January 2020 — its closest relative in 3,441 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 September 2020): nothing carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

46

The numbers add up to 46 — the 4th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. Side-by-side numbers: 5–6. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 16 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 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than 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 →
  • Match 457≈ 56 by chance$100
  • Match 31,459≈ 1.3k by chance$6.00
  • Match 210,335≈ 10k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈64k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,459 winners, 8% more than the 1.3k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$11,796
    Match 457$100
    Match 31,459$6.00
    Match 210,335$1.00
    Totals11,852—