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Hit 5 · draw

Monday, 28 August 2017

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 9
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 34
  5. 38

Jackpot$220,000

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 1,199 of 1,676 under them

← 2017-08-26All recent draws2017-08-30 →

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 feed9 21 26 34 3829 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 1,198 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 28 August 2017 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 58% of every possible ticket.

  • sum88th
  • odd31th
  • low9th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread59th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 154 of each

9140times
21157times
26158times
34159times
38

Prize breakdown · 2017-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 128kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$30.0Kto 15k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.22

Where the money went

  • Match 414%$4.2K
  • Match 342%$12.5K
  • Match 244%$13.3K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.22 by chance$220,000
  2. Match 4

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155times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,198 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 (9, 21, 34, 38) with the draw of 26 September 2012 — its closest relative in 1,198 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 30% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 August 2017): 26 carried over. Chance says 52% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

128

The numbers add up to 128 — the 87th 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

9 had not appeared for 18 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 0.7× 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 →
42≈ 38 by chance
$100
  • Match 31,251≈ 1.2k by chance$10.00
  • Match 213,317≈ 13k by chance$1.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈128k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,251 winners, 0% more 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 50$220,000
    Match 442$100
    Match 31,251$10.00
    Match 213,317$1.00
    Totals14,610—