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Treasure Hunt · draw

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

ResultTreasure Hunt

Single source
  1. 18
  2. 19
  3. 22
  4. 23
  5. 29

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 4,505 of 5,671 under them

← 2023-08-15All recent draws2023-08-17 →

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 feed18 19 22 23 2929 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 16 August 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

20oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 20 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum97th
  • odd67th
  • low1th
  • widest gap11th
  • neighbours94th
  • spread4th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 751 of each

18768times
19715times
22782times
23727times
29

Prize breakdown · 2023-08-16

  • Lines in play≈ 105kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$37.7Kto 19k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 5lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.74

Where the money went

  • Match 422%$8.1K
  • Match 333%$12.5K
  • Match 245%$17K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.74 by chance$50,000
  2. Match 4

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741times

Every number was expected about that many times after 4,504 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 (18, 19, 23, 29) with the draw of 13 August 2021 — its closest relative in 4,504 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 98% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (15 August 2023): 18, 22 carried over. Chance says 63% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 97th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 78. Side-by-side numbers: 18–19, 22–23. 54% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 8 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 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
81≈ 93 by chance
$100
  • Match 32,091≈ 2.2k by chance$6.00
  • Match 217,020≈ 17k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈105k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 2,091 winners, 6% fewer than the 2.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$50,000
    Match 481$100
    Match 32,091$6.00
    Match 217,020$1.00
    Totals19,192—