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Hit 5 · draw

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

ResultHit 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 21
  3. 30
  4. 40
  5. 41

Jackpot$315,000

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/42 · since Sep 2020draw 2,173 of 2,227 under them

← 2026-08-17All recent draws2026-08-19 →

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 21 30 40 417 Oct 2026, 04:46 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 18 August 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

59oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 59 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 70% of every possible ticket.

  • sum89th
  • odd34th
  • low34th
  • widest gap43th
  • neighbours76th
  • spread69th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 259 of each

8255times
21289times
30275times
40272times
41

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278times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,172 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 4 of 5 numbers (8, 21, 30, 40) with the draw of 24 October 2022 — its closest relative in 2,172 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 38% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (17 August 2026): 41 carried over. Chance says 49% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

140

The numbers add up to 140 — the 89th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 108. Side-by-side numbers: 40–41. 41% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

21 had not appeared for 6 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

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How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.8× 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.

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