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Hit 5 · draw

Saturday, 20 August 2016

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 22
  2. 28
  3. 30
  4. 32
  5. 39

Jackpot$100,000

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

Rules5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020draw 1,039 of 1,676 under them

← 2016-08-17All recent draws2016-08-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed22 28 30 32 3929 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Hit 5 was a 5/39 · Jan 2010 – Sep 2020 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 1,038 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

19oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 19 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 2% of every possible ticket.

  • sum99th
  • odd9th
  • low1th
  • widest gap8th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread9th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

22132times
28143times
30130times
32124times
39

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 109kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$125.3Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 51 winnerchance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 580%$100.0K
  • Match 38.3%$10.4K
  • Match 29.1%$11.4K
  • 1 other tier2.8%$3.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 51≈ 0.19 by chance$100,000

Play these numbers? Read them as your ticket →

113times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,038 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 3 of 5 numbers (30, 32, 39) with the draw of 8 June 2016 — its closest relative in 1,038 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

151

The numbers add up to 151 — the 98th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 100. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

22 had not appeared for 9 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 0.6× as often as an average ticket — less popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 3% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
  • Match 435≈ 32 by chance$100
  • Match 31,040≈ 1.1k by chance$10.00
  • Match 211,363≈ 11k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈109k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,040 winners, 2% fewer than the 1.1k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 51$100,000
    Match 435$100
    Match 31,040$10.00
    Match 211,363$1.00
    Totals12,439—