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Hit 5 · draw

Saturday, 28 August 2021

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 23
  4. 40
  5. 42

Jackpot$525,000

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

Rules5/42 · since Sep 2020draw 357 of 2,240 under them

← 2021-08-27All recent draws2021-08-29 →

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 feed3 7 23 40 4229 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 August 2021 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

56oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 56 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 62% of every possible ticket.

  • sum61th
  • odd66th
  • low34th
  • widest gap72th
  • neighbours30th
  • spread95th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 42 of each

341times
737times
2338times
4049times
42

Prize breakdown · 2021-08-28

  • Lines in play≈ 180kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$26.7Kto 18k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 10lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.21

Where the money went

  • Match 423%$6.2K
  • Match 377%$20.5K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.21 by chance$525,000
  2. Match 4

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33times

Every number was expected about that many times after 356 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 (3, 23, 40) with the draw of 25 March 2021 — its closest relative in 356 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 94% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (27 August 2021): nothing carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

115

The numbers add up to 115 — the 60th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. No two numbers side by side. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 21 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 1.0× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as 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 →
41≈ 39 by chance
$150
  • Match 31,368≈ 1.4k by chance$15.00
  • Match 216,451≈ 16k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈180k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,368 winners, 3% fewer than the 1.4k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$525,000
    Match 441$150
    Match 31,368$15.00
    Match 216,451$0.00
    Totals17,860—