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Texas Two Step · draw

Monday, 17 August 2020

ResultTexas Two Step

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 24
  3. 26
  4. 28
  5. 14

Jackpot$225,000

The crowdHeld 6% less than an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022draw 1,108 of 1,266 under them

← 2020-08-13All recent draws2020-08-20 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:55 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 24 26 28 + 1429 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Texas Two Step was a 4/35 + 1/35 · Jan 2010 – Feb 2022 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 1,107 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

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This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 August 2020 — 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 33% of every possible ticket.

  • sum67th
  • odd16th
  • low16th
  • widest gap93th
  • neighbours34th
  • spread65th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 127 of each

3123times
24113times
26126times
28113times
Stars · a separate 1-of-35 machine

Times drawn before — chance expected 32 of each

1425times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,107 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.

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (3, 24, 26) and 0 of 1 stars with the draw of 30 September 2019 — its closest relative in 1,107 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 93% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (13 August 2020): 3 carried over. Chance says 40% of draws repeat at least one number. Stars: none repeated (3% expected).

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

81

The numbers add up to 81 — the 66th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 72. No two numbers side by side. 31% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

26 had not appeared for 21 draws. A number waits about 9 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 1.6× 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.

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Prize breakdown · 2020-08-17

  • Lines in play≈ 530kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$137.8Kto 16k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 33lines took a prize
  • Match 4 plus Bonus0 winnerschance said 0.29

Where the money went

  • Match 317%$24K
  • Match 1 plus Bonus26%$36K
  • Match 0 plus Bonus33%$45.5K
  • 3 other tiers23%$32.2K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 4 plus Bonus0≈ 0.29 by chance$225,000
  2. Match 47≈ 9.8 by chance$2,100
  3. Match 3 plus Bonus40≈ 36 by chance$45.00
  4. Match 2 plus Bonus787≈ 808 by chance$20.00
  5. Match 31,141≈ 1.2k by chance$21.00
  6. Match 1 plus Bonus5,146≈ 5.2k by chance$7.00
  7. Match 0 plus Bonus9,107≈ 9.1k by chance$5.00
  • Winners, log scale
  • Prize each, log scale
  • Where chance put the count

The rings take the ≈530k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,141 winners, 6% fewer than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

Show the published table
MatchWinnersPrize each
Match 4 plus Bonus0$225,000
Match 47$2,100
Match 3 plus Bonus40$45.00
Match 31,141$21.00
Match 2 plus Bonus787$20.00
Match 1 plus Bonus5,146$7.00
Match 0 plus Bonus9,107$5.00
Totals16,228—