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Hit 5 · draw

Monday, 22 August 2016

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 10
  3. 17
  4. 20
  5. 35

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 1,040 of 1,676 under them

← 2016-08-20All recent draws2016-08-24 →

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 feed8 10 17 20 3529 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 1,039 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 22 August 2016 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

62oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 62 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum34th
  • odd31th
  • low89th
  • widest gap67th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread48th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 133 of each

8125times
10122times
17135times
20133times
35

Prize breakdown · 2016-08-22

  • Lines in play≈ 82kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$18.3Kto 9.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.14

Where the money went

  • Match 49.3%$1.7K
  • Match 344%$8.0K
  • Match 247%$8.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100kPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.14 by chance$100,000
  2. Match 4

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155times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,039 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 (8, 10, 17, 35) with the draw of 17 December 2012 — its closest relative in 1,039 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 27% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 August 2016): nothing carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

90

The numbers add up to 90 — the 33th 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

20 had not appeared for 10 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 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 2% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
17≈ 24 by chance
$100
  • Match 3801≈ 803 by chance$10.00
  • Match 28,566≈ 8.6k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈82k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 801 winners, 0% fewer than the 803 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$100,000
    Match 417$100
    Match 3801$10.00
    Match 28,566$1.00
    Totals9,384—