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Lotto · draw

Saturday, 1 September 2018

ResultLotto

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 5
  3. 17
  4. 21
  5. 31
  6. 33

Jackpot$2,300,000

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 1,357 of 2,631 under them

← 2018-08-29All recent draws2018-09-03 →

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 feed4 5 17 21 31 3329 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 1 September 2018 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

38oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 38 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 19% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd94th
  • low77th
  • widest gap26th
  • neighbours70th
  • spread19th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 166 of each

4180times
5158times
17169times
21175times
31

Prize breakdown · 2018-09-01

  • Lines in play≈ 655kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$62.9Kto 12k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 54lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.05

Where the money went

  • Match 514%$9K
  • Match 431%$19.2K
  • Match 355%$34.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.05 by chance$2,300,000
  2. Match 5

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183times
33174times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,356 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 4 of 6 numbers (5, 17, 21, 31) with the draw of 18 July 2018 — its closest relative in 1,356 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 74% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (29 August 2018): nothing carried over. Chance says 56% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

111

The numbers add up to 111 — the 12th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 150. Side-by-side numbers: 4–5. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

33 had not appeared for 32 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 1.4× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 32% of the jackpot.

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

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
9≈ 12 by chance
$1,000
  • Match 4641≈ 634 by chance$30.00
  • Match 311,559≈ 12k by chance$3.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈655k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 4 — 641 winners, 1% more than the 634 an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,300,000
    Match 59$1,000
    Match 4641$30.00
    Match 311,559$3.00
    Totals12,209—