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Lotto · draw

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 17
  4. 25
  5. 41
  6. 47

Jackpot$1,500,000

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

Rules6/49 · since Jan 2010draw 726 of 2,630 under them

← 2014-08-18All recent draws2014-08-23 →

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 feed11 12 17 25 41 4729 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 20 August 2014 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 81% of every possible ticket.

  • sum54th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap58th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread47th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 89 of each

1181times
1290times
1787times
2587times
41

Prize breakdown · 2014-08-20

  • Lines in play≈ 408kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$35.4Kto 7.6k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 55.6%$2K
  • Match 433%$11.8K
  • Match 361%$21.6K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance$1,500,000
  2. Match 5

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95times
4792times

Every number was expected about that many times after 725 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 6 numbers (11, 25, 41) with the draw of 21 April 2014 — its closest relative in 725 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (18 August 2014): 11 carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

153

The numbers add up to 153 — the 53th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 11–12. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

17 had not appeared for 13 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 42% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
2≈ 7.5 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4394≈ 395 by chance$30.00
  • Match 37,198≈ 7.2k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈408k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 7,198 winners, 0% more than the 7.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$1,500,000
    Match 52$1,000
    Match 4394$30.00
    Match 37,198$3.00
    Totals7,594—